A family wants to return an Iron Cross a German sailor handed to a baby exactly 100 years ago. News. Jez Hemming and Luke Traynor. 22:03, 11 Aug 2015 Updated 09:21, 12 Aug 2015.

The Iron Cross still rates as Germany's most famous military insignia, but its role has been reduced to that of a black and white emblem on the aircraft, tanks and warships of the post-war armed ...

THE remarkable story of how a Spitfire Ace was given a German Iron Cross by a vanquished pilot before returning it to his old foe after the war has emerged. 00:01, Fri, Sep 9, 2016 | UPDATED: 12: ...

Germany's Central Council of Jews is opposed to plans to reintroduce the Iron Cross as a new bravery medal for German solidiers. The decoration, they say, is tied too closely with World War II.