Iron Cross en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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.
Germans marked booby-trapped areas with black-and-white signs, bearing an Iron Cross symbol or a death's-head.
2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Crosses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Star of the Grand Cross to the Iron Cross · Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross · Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross · Grand Cross of the Iron Cross · Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross · Grand Cross to the Iron Cross
Relateds
Medal of Honor · Victoria Cross · Blue Max · Grand Cross · Knight's Cross
Translations (4)
el σιδηρούς σταυρός (military decoration) · ru Желе́зный Крест (military decoration) · fi rautaristi (military decoration) · de Eisernes Kreuz (military decoration)