Iron Cross awarded to Herbert Kohn's father for distinguished service during World War I, ca 1918.

ID: 197 ~ Source: Herbert Kohn, c/o Breman Museum of Jewish Heritage ~ Creator: German Government ~ Date: ca 1918
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The fact that Julius Kohn had been awarded this medal by the German government secured his early release from Buchenwald in 1938.

ID: A medal in the shape of a cross with two swords intersecting it at diagonals, connected to a ribbon with black, white, and red stripes.

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