Zheleznyi Krestvysshaia nagrada ReiXa. Samaia polnaia entsiklopediia - Zalesskii Konstantin Aleksandrovich

"The Iron Cross is awarded solely for its special courage in the face of the enemy and for the remarkable service of leadership of the troops" - this decree on the revival of the highest combat award of Germany was signed by Hitler on September 1, 1939, the first day of the new World War II. In this encyclopedia you will find exhaustive information about the history of the most revered German order, its statutes, degrees and system of "reward points" for different branches of the troops, and about the most famous cavaliers. If the bill awarded by the Iron Cross of the 2nd class went to millions, and the 1st class - by hundreds of thousands, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross received 7,284 people, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves - 890 h-k, with Oak leaves and Swords - 160 h-k, with Oak leaves, Swords and Diamonds - only 27 cavaliers. As for the highest degrees of the Order - the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds was awarded only the greatest ace Luftwaffe Hans Ulrich Rudel, and the Grand Cross - Hermann Goering. This unique encyclopedia contains illustrated biographies of thousands of Heroes of the Wehrmacht, Panzerwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and SS troops who deserved the reich's highest combat award.