Iron Cross
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The Iron Cross is a former military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). It was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia on 17 March 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars (EK 1813). The award was backdated to the birthday (10 March) of his late wife Queen Louise. Louise was the first person to receive this decoration (posthumously).
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See also
- Black Cross (Teutonic Order)
- Cross of the Warsaw Uprising (Template:Lang)
- Cross pattée
- List of military decorations
- Maltese Cross
- Marksmanship Badge (United States)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
- Oxalis tetraphylla (a common name is Iron Cross)
- Pour le Merite—the "Blue Max" medal of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire, for military (1740–1918) and civil (1740–1918, 1952–present) excellence
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