Grand Cross of the Iron Cross

The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was a decoration intended for victorious generals of the Prussian Army and its allies. It was the second highest class of the Iron Cross, following the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded only twice. Along with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, the Grand Cross was founded on 10 March 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It was renewed in 1870 for the Franco-Prussian War and again in 1914 for World War I. In 1939, when Adolf Hitler renewed the Iron Cross as a German (rather than strictly Prussian) decoration, he also renewed the Grand Cross.

The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was twice the size of the Iron Cross and was worn from a ribbon around the neck. The later Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, instituted in 1939, was also worn from the neck; it was smaller than the Grand Cross but larger than the Iron Cross.

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1813 Grand Cross

• Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
• Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte)
• Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
• Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

1870 Grand Cross

• Crown Prince Albert of Saxony
• August Karl von Goeben
• Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
• Helmuth Graf von Moltke the Elder
• Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
• Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (later Kaiser Friedrich III)
• August Graf von Werder
• Kaiser Wilhelm I
• Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1914 Grand Cross

• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Paul von Hindenburg
• Erich Ludendorff
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria
• August von Mackensen

1939 Grand Cross

• Hermann Göring