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Grand Cross of the Iron Cross - Definition and Overview |
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The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was an award intended for senior Generals of the German Army and dated back to 1870. It was the senior most decoration of the Iron Cross award series.
During the Second World War, Hermann Göring was the only recipient of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded the decoration on July 19, 1940.
An even higher decoration, the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, was intended to have been presented to the most successful German General of the Second World War, once Germany had achieved victory. The decoration was obviously never bestowed.
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