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REPRODUCTION
ORDRE POUR LE MERITE 
(The Famous "Blue Max")

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   The military cross of the Ordre pour le Mérite  was Imperial Germany's highest decoration for valor. This blue and gold neck order has long been considered one of the most beautiful decorations ever designed. 

  The award was nicknamed "the Blue Max" after Max Immelmann, who was one of the first airmen to receive the honor

   Although the order was discontinued after 1918, those who had earned this coveted distinction proudly wore it the rest of their lives. Among the famous World War II personalities to do so were Hermann Göring, who won his flying with the Richthofen Geschwader, and Erwin Rommel, whose military daring as a young lieutenant resulted in the capture of over 1000 Italian soldiers at Caporetto in 1917. 

The last man entitled to wear the Blue Max was best-selling German author Ernst Jünger, who earned his in the trenches of the Western Front and died in 1998 at the age of 101.

Enameled on both sides, like the original
GRR282....$.25.95

THE IRON CROSS
GERMANY’S HIGHEST AWARD FOR VALOR    

   The traditional German order for bravery was the Iron Cross, established during the Napoleonic Wars in 1813 and re-instituted for the wars of 1870, 1914, and 1939. The pertinent date appears prominently on the lower front of the cross.

   From 1813 until 1939, the Iron Cross was worn on a black and white ribbon and consisted of two classes, First and Second. A special class added later was the Grand Cross, a larger decoration worn at the throat. Fewer than ten awards were made for each war, all to high-ranking generals. An even higher special award was the Star of the Grand Cross. Only two of these were ever awarded: one to Field Marshal Blücher after Waterloo in 1815, and the other to Field Marshal Hindenburg in 1918.

   When the Iron Cross was reinstituted in 1939, the design was modified by the addition of the swastika in the center of the cross, and the changing of the ribbon to the national colors of red, white, and black. The most common award was the Iron Cross Second Class, which was worn on a ribbon through the third button hole of the tunic; it was standard practice to wear only the ribbon. The next level was the Iron Cross First Class, a pin-back award without a ribbon worn on the left breast pocket.

   At the same time, the order was filled out by the addition of two important classes: the Knight's Cross, which became Germany's highest award for military achievement, and the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, indicating a second award. As the war progressed, more classes were added to the Knight's Cross: Oak Leaves and Swords, then Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, and — with a single award to Stuka pilot Hans Rudel — Gold Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. The only 1939 Grand Cross was awarded to that master collector of trinkets, Hermann Göring.

   Bullion embroidered crosses were private purchase items popular with pilots and panzer crews who had trouble with the metal crosses snagging on cockpits and tank hatches.

   Recipients of the Iron Cross First and Second Class who had previously won the award in World War I wore their 1914 cross or ribbon with a distinctive 1939 eagle and bar device to indicate the multiple award.

WORLD WAR II  IRON CROSSES

Our reproduction Crosses are high quality white metal die-castings, taken directly from original specimens. At ordinary viewing distance, they are virtually indistinguishable from the genuine article. All Knight’s Crosses come with a 10" neck ribbon. Both Iron Crosses and Knight’s Crosses fit in the presentation cases listed for them.

Standard Quality
GMP142....$34.95

German Cross in Silver
Embroidered Bullion
GMP346....$21.95

Additional ribbon for 1939 Grand and Knight's Crosses is available in 24" lengths 
(.50/inch)

GRR422....24" $12.00

1939 Knight's Cross 
GRR007.....$20.95

1939 Knight's Cross 
with oak leaves 
GRR006.....$23.95

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1939 clasp 
for 1914 Iron Cross 
(cross not included)

GRR202....$16.95

Honor Roll Clasp
Army

GRR230....$16.95

Honor Roll Clasp
Navy

GRR231....$16.95

Honor Roll Clasp
Luftwaffe

GRR232....$16.95

 

Grand Cross Breast Star 
of the 1914 Iron Cross
GRR557....$59.95

 1914 Iron Cross 
First Class 
(pin back)
GRR010...$15.95

 1870 Iron Cross 
First Class 
(pin back)
GRR285....$15.95

Grand Cross Breast Star 
of the 1813 Iron Cross
Blucher Star
GRR556....$59.95

 1813 Iron Cross 
First Class 
(pin back)
GRR287....$15.95

1st Class Knights Cross
with swords
GRR220....$19.95

2nd Class Knights Cross
with swords
GRR290....$19.95

1st Class Knights Cross
no swords
GRR221....$19.95

2nd Class Knights Cross
no swords
GRR364....$19.95

1st Class War Merit Cross
with swords, pinback
GRR200....$15.95

2nd Class War Merit Cross
no swords, pinback
GRR201....$14.95

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