German armed forced get again dedicated medal for valor

Task Force · 10-10-08, 01:50 PM

They always have to change everything, Look at Japan, They still keep there WW2 flag, But look at some of the horiable things they did.

Skybird · 10-10-08, 03:51 PM

Let'S keep the nasty stuff out of here, please. The Third Reich should have won WWII? Hell, we all should feel glad it didn't. It would have been hell on earth. And for many it was.

PeriscopeDepth · 10-10-08, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Let'S keep the nasty stuff out of here, please. The Third Reich should have won WWII? Hell, we all should feel glad it didn't. It would have been hell on earth. And for many it was.

Well said Sky. And as for the medal, it seems to have far far more tradition than a Nazi merit badge. And there should be no fear in honoring military tradition like that.

PD

mrbeast · 10-10-08, 04:43 PM

Every medal was new at some point it will gain tradition and become an honour in time.

BTW Hylander_1314, agree on the Pour Le Merit, lovely medal.

Skybird, well said.

I-25 · 10-10-08, 05:18 PM

its funny that they wont reinstate the iron cross as a medal and its painted all over their air force

Rhodes · 10-10-08, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by I-25

its funny that they wont reinstate the iron cross as a medal and its painted all over their air force

And I think the tanks also have it (and the planes of WW1 also had it, and possibly all the arm forces) but Skybird or other one that knows can correct me! This case is more like a simbol for german arm forces.
It's like our Christ Cross, it's a symbol of our nation (along with our shield) and so of our arm forces (army,navy and air force;but I think the last two uses it more).

About the medal, the new one, I do not like it. I think it's the color of the medal.The ribom is fine, it's the flag colors and each one has it's meaning as all the colors form flags,etc, but the golden medal... Well "we don't argue tastes!"(sounds better in portuguese).

And I think that the iron cross would be a better that this new medal, and with the same eagle simbol of the new one in the middle and some words of valor or one date, the 1813 or other that have significance to the german!

Another off-topic, I also don't like the portuguese medal of valor, it's also something that it's doesn't fit right with our history!

Hylander_1314 · 10-10-08, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Let'S keep the nasty stuff out of here, please. The Third Reich should have won WWII? Hell, we all should feel glad it didn't. It would have been hell on earth. And for many it was.

Agreed

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mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Every medal was new at some point it will gain tradition and become an honour in time. BTW Hylander_1314, agree on the Pour Le Merit, lovely medal. Skybird, well said. __________________

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I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	its funny that they wont reinstate the iron cross as a medal and its painted all over their air force