Rowan Stevens Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 There is a fantastic Turkish belt Buckle shown in the Buckles forum and I saw within the thread some great photos of Turks wearing Iron Crosses.I wonder how many other nationalities have won an Iron Cross - because I never knew non Germans could get one.I am a new boy to this, so excuse my ignorance if those are not Iron Crosses.Rowan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Bulgarian, Austro-Hungarian and Finnish officers all received the 1914 iron cross during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Dutch luitenant-generaal Th. F. J. Muller Massis (1866-1948) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 See also:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15099&hl=Massis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Don't know if it counts as 'foreigners', but from the end of the 2. Danish-Prussian war (1864) to the end of WWI (1918 or actually 1920) the southern part of Jutland was under German command.Danes living in this area was forced to fight on the German side during WWI and some earned the Iron Cross. After the plebiscite in 1920 where the area returned to Denmark they were permitted to keep wearing it./Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Don't know if it counts as 'foreigners', but from the end of the 2. Danish-Prussian war (1864) to the end of WWI (1918 or actually 1920) the southern part of Jutland was under German command.Danes living in this area was forced to fight on the German side during WWI and some earned the Iron Cross. After the plebiscite in 1920 where the area returned to Denmark they were permitted to keep wearing it./MikeAnd were later awarded the Ehrenkreuz...http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3398...mp;#entry319166;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Holy Hogwarts!!!!That Dutch general is wearing a noncom. EK2!!!! :speechless1: It makes one wonder how many noncom. EK2s went to foreigners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Davie Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I think I read somewhere of an Englishman, holder of the VC no less, that was also awarded an EK2, I think the guy was a frontline surgeon and aided German soldiers at some point.I will try to find the reference.C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Dutch luitenant-generaal Th. F. J. Muller Massis (1866-1948) looks a bit like Gerd von Rundstedt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Well, it depends in part on WHICH Iron Cross you reference.There is, after all, the famous 1870 Iron Cross group to Henry Hozier who was (may have been ) the father-in-law of some chap named Winston Churchill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The last time I noticed his group for sale (some days, I wish I'd gone for it): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosun Saral Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I am the owner of the forum Turkish Officers with Iron Crosseshttp://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php...lit=+iron+cross :Cat-Scratch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Davie Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I think I read somewhere of an Englishman, holder of the VC no less, that was also awarded an EK2, I think the guy was a frontline surgeon and aided German soldiers at some point.I will try to find the reference.CSorry it took a while, too much to type out, so just scanned the whole article, with respect to the original writer Alec Purves, Medal News March 1991.C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxx Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Dutch luitenant-generaal Th. F. J. Muller Massis (1866-1948) the medal bar of the Dutch luitenant-generaal Th. F. J. Muller Massis is very interesting, this one and the bar of mannerheim are the only with an iron cross and french L?gion d'honneur cross together I have seen till now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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