![]() ![]() It was misunderstood, but not an admission to being a white supremacist. Context matter and being offended by someone displaying an Iron Cross as a nazi symbol, with intent of promoting Nazi ideals, is legitimate, but there is no evidence that the painting was made extoll the Nazi regime. To some the Christian cross has racist overtones, so it's your point of. ) is in material, as common usage suggests, the Maltese and iron crosses are one in the same. ![]() ![]() Whether the iron cross is derived from the Maltese cross (purists will argue they are separate. It wasn't really seen as problematic since, from the end of WWII, people were allowed to wear the Iron Cross, using the model predating the Nazi one (with oak leaves) if they were awarded it without association with the Nazi regime. I believe the iron cross predates the Fireman's Maltese cross by a half century. And it's not a "new design", it's the return to the original design (an iron cross), not the Nazi one (with the swastika inside). You also failed to mention that it didn't exist as a decoration before 2007 nont because it was "problematic" but because, as a war-time decoration, it couldn't be awarded in peace time, so there was no need for it until the Bunderswehr started to take part into foreign military operations in 2006. You'll note that the list, that includes apparently the pitbull dogs, features the Iron Cross as used by the Nazi regime (with the inclusion of a swastika inside) which is a very significantly different design from the iron crosses designs used before and after. ![]()
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