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    Title

  • Iron Cross

    • Other Title(s)

  • Eisernes Kreuz

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver and iron ; 2.4" x 1.7" (6 x 5 cm.)

  • Date

    circa 1914

  • Summary

    Black iron cross medal. Recto: From top to bottom: crown, "W" and "1914" inscribed. Verso: Three oak leaves, a crown with the letters "FW", and "1813," the year the award was created. Awarded to Isfried Hahn.

  • Subject

    Medals; World War, 1914-1918, Medals, Germany

  • Genre

    Military decorations

  • Medium

    Objects

  • Part Of

    Hahn Family Collection,, AR 25457

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Isfried (Fred) Hahn (1897-1960) was born in Hersfeld, Germany to Jacob Hahn and Julianne née Liebstaedter. The Hahns of Bad Hersfeld were bankers by trade, and had been there for generations. In 1936, Isfried married Ilse Meyer (1914-2007). Ilse and Isfried Hahn left Germany in 1939 for the United States, via England. They settled in New Jersey and became American citizens in 1945, and were involved in German Jewish life in the New York and New Jersey areas.

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Citation

Iron Cross, Leo Baeck Institute, 2011.030.