Hitler, Goering and Rommel ALL earned their (first) iron cross in WWI before the Nazi party existed.
Posting all the pictures in the world will not alter these facts.
Keep squeezing your bung hole so tightly and you’ll cause a hernia. You’re arguing a distinction without a difference.
The iron cross did not originate with the Nazis. The Nazis simply continued the use of the iron cross.Hitler, Goering and Rommel ALL earned their (first) iron cross in WWI before the Nazi party existed.
Posting all the pictures in the world will not alter these facts.