Is wearing a belt buckle with the Iron Cross on it I bought from a major retail store bad?

Question

I recently bought a belt buckle from the store my friend works at called Anchor Blue. When I went back home from school for winter break my parents asked me why I was wearing a nazi belt buckle. So, before I sell the buckle, what does The Iron Cross stand for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundeswehr_Kreuz.svg

Answer 1

Sometimes erroneously called the Maltese cross, the Iron Cross (German: das Eiserne Kreuz) is 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. The Iron Cross is only awarded in wartime. In addition to the Napoleonic Wars, the Iron Cross was awarded during the Franco-Prussian War, and the First and Second World Wars. The Iron Cross has not been awarded since May 1945. It is normally a military decoration only — though there were instances of it being awarded to civilians for performing military functions. As an example, the civilian pilot Hanna Reitsch was awarded the Iron Cross First Class by Adolf Hitler for her bravery as a test pilot and was one of only two women awarded the Iron Cross First Class during World War II.

The Iron Cross originally was the symbol of the Teutonic Knights (a heraldic cross pattée) and the cross design (but not the specific decoration) has been the symbol of Germany's armed forces (now the Bundeswehr) since about 1870

Iron Cross
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Answer 2

It was the highest award in the Nazi military.

Funny side note, my Jewish girlfriend was watching some military show about an American service member who received the "Iron Cross".
I explained that he probably got the "Navy Cross" and that the Iron Cross was a Nazi decoration.

Answer 3

See? that is what's incorrect with our society. someone is searching the position to purchase a mistletoe belt buckle, at the same time as it may of course be a lot less difficult to easily make one your self. end being a device of the belt buckle businesses and the buyer way of existence they have created and shove some mistletoe down there your self.

Answer 4

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/iron_cross/ironcrossmain.htm

It was a symbol for valor for a German solider. It was in existence before the Nazi movement.

Answer 5

As long as it is merely an adornment and not a political
statement, I can't find anything wrong with it

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