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Long Forgotten Legacy

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Königreich Preußen. Dissolved in 1947

This is my Prussian flag and my Iron Cross.

A lot of people think of the Iron Cross as a nazi symbol but it isn't. Hitler brought it back in 1939 as a German decoration and add the nazy swastika to it.
The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813 in Breslau, during the Napoleonic Wars. It's mostly a decoration for bravery.
The design is based on the symbol of the Teutonic Knights and it's also part of the current logo of the Bundeswehr, Germany's Armed Forces.
Mine is a replica of 1870 and it's in nothing related to the nazi government.

Sorry if it disturbed some of you

Similar I have on my cosplay account [link]
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Picture by :icondoguey:
Image size
4608x3072px 7.45 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D3100
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/2.0
Focal Length
50 mm
ISO Speed
3200
Date Taken
Sep 10, 2010, 4:51:56 PM
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SizarieldoR's avatar
Ah, the F-R ligature for Frederick, very nice.


IMHO it's a shame that the Nazis appropriated so many symbols from German history, those symbols are very catchy but are sort of tainted nowadays.