In that same year, World War II began. In the U.S., he gave his Iron Cross over to be melted down for war supplies, including bullets that would kill Nazis. Stern had a fight left in him.

Although many Jews served in the German army during WWI, it still appears incongruous to see a Fokker biplane with a Star of David alongside the German Iron Cross in fighter squadron Jagdstaffel ...

Until 1918, there were several higher (than the Iron Cross) order decorations for distinguished service in combat, but these were replaced during World War II by more elaborate versions of the Iron ...

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The circumstances around how he received the 1914 Iron Cross, however, remain a mystery. During the inter-war period he held several aviation commands.