Overview
- Date
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commemoration:
1914-1918
- Geography
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creation:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Walter Feibelman
- Markings
- front, center, embossed : W
front, bottom, embossed : 1914
reverse, top, embossed : FW
reverse, bottom, embossed : 1813
suspension ring, maker’s mark, engraved : KO - Contributor
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Manufacturer:
Konigliches Munzamt Orden
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Medals
- Object Type
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Medals, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black painted metal alloy cross pattee style medal with a silver colored reeded border on the front and reverse. The front is embossed with an imperial crown in the top arm; a W cipher for King Wilhelm II in the center; and the year the award was reinstituted, 1914, in the bottom arm. The reverse is embossed with the FW cipher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III in the top arm; a cluster of 3 oak leaves in the center, and the year of first issue, 1813, in the bottom arm. There is a loop on the top arm with a suspension ring. The maker’s mark, KO, for Konigliches Munzamt Orden, the Royal Mint in Berlin, is engraved on the suspension ring. The medal is attached to a black with two thin white bands grosgrain ribbon.
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm) - Materials
- overall : metal, paint, ribbon
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The WWI iron cross medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Walter Feibelman, the son of Bernhard Feibelman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-22 09:11:38
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12666
Also in Walter Fiebelman collection
The Walter Feibelman papers consist of biographical materials, subject files, and objects documenting the Feibelmann family’s life in Berlin, immigration to the United States, and postwar search for their lost relatives.
Date: 1917-1993
Walter Feibelman papers
Document
The Walter Feibelman papers consist of biographical materials and subject files documenting the Feibelmann family’s life in Berlin, immigration to the United States, and postwar search for their lost relatives. Biographical materials include military records documenting Bernhard Feibelmann’s World War I service, Walter’s student records, his parents’ passports, and tracing documents following Otto and Addi Feibelmann and Emma Klein. Subject files include a photograph of the Theodor Herzl Schule, Hamburg- American Line records about the Feibelmanns’ passage to America, ration tickets for bread, two empty envelopes, and Walter’s personal memories of his childhood in Berlin and immigration to America, "Some Personal Recollections of the Years 1933-1941."
Medal
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WWI service medal, known as the Hindenburg Cross, awarded to commemorate the distinguished deeds of the German people during the WW I. The medal was established by President von Hindenburg in July 1934 to honor German participants of the Great War. Individuals had to apply to the government to receive the medal. This versions of the medal, with crossed swords, was awarded to combatants. It was the only medal issued by the Third Reich to honor veterans of that war.
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