Plans to revive the Iron Cross for first time since World War II stir up debate. By ABC News. September 19, 2008, 6:48 AM. ... who was decorated with the Iron Cross, second class, ...

Adolf Hitler presents Hanna Reitsch the Iron Cross Second Class for her service in the development of aircraft armament instruments. Corbis via Getty Images When German pilot Hanna Reitsch was ...

May 17, 2010: The German Army has awarded fourteen American soldiers the revived Iron Cross medal, for risking their lives, on April 2nd, to save eleven German soldiers who had come under heavy fire ...

It was awarded to troops in the Franco-Prussian war of 1871-71, WW1 and WW2. ... The old Iron Cross came in 1st and 2nd class levels, with officers usually getting the former.

Germany has launched an anguished and widening debate over proposals to reintroduce the Iron Cross – virtually in its original form – as a military decoration that could be awarded throughout ...

May 17, 2010: The German Army has awarded fourteen American soldiers the revived Iron Cross medal, for risking their lives, on April 2nd, to save eleven German soldiers who had come under heavy fire ...