Literature
Iron Keepsake
He knew the negative reputation held by the small, iron medal; he saw the cold glares cast upon him by those who glimpsed it past the unfastened collar of his dress shirt. Despite the cruelty and bloodshed associated with the simple decoration, Friedrich couldn't bring himself to part with it. Both Ludwig and Gilbert still wore their own crosses tucked away beneath years of guilt and shame, anxious to avoid any accusations of a second rise of a certain, unfortunate political party. But they, too, had clung to the symbol even in the face of the countless trials faced by the German peoples.
It had been, long before the coming to powe