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Noun

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Iron Cross (plural Iron Crosses)

1. (military) (formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.
   • 2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 56:Germans marked booby-trapped areas with black-and-white signs, bearing an Iron Cross symbol or a death's-head.

Derived terms

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• Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross / Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Grand Cross to the Iron Cross / Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
• Star of the Grand Cross to the Iron Cross / Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross

Translations

[edit] military decoration

Finnish: rautaristi (fi) German: Eisernes Kreuz (de) Greek: σιδηρούς σταυρός m (sidiroús stavrós) Russian: Желе́зный Крест m (Želéznyj Krest)

See also

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• Knight's Cross
• Grand Cross
• Blue Max

• Medal of Honor
• Victoria Cross

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