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1914 Grand Cross


The Iron Cross was renewed again on August 5, 1914. There were five recipients of the 1914 Grand Cross in the First World War:

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • Paul von Hindenburg, later elevated to the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Erich Ludendorff
  • Prince Leopold of Bavaria
  • August von Mackensen

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