Beti’s mum Laura Jones later found her daughter with the unexpected gift, and found it was an Iron Cross - one of the highest honours in the German Army ... at Chatham’s naval hospital ...

HMS Iron Duke ... little use by World War II that the Royal Navy made no effort to restore it to frontline service, as it would have suffered badly under the guns of modern German, Japanese ...

Westborough, as the central portion of the chief business street is called, was full of darting bits of iron ... the returning German flotilla managed to elude the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet ...

The medal, issued in various grades, became the highest decoration for German soldiers serving in combat abroad, but has not been awarded since the end of World War II. The Iron Cross remains ...

the first to be awarded since World War II. The Cross of Honour for Bravery features a golden cross with an eagle in the centre, held on a black, red and gold ribbon with oak leaves. It is the ...