05-13-2003, 07:46 PM
I think you got the translation correctly deciphered, as it reads to me thusly: "One day the world will realize we had it right" or "we had the right of it." Had what right? That the Me 109 is a great fighter? That the Slavs were untermensch? That it is easy to pound on the French? That Italians are crappy allies? Or that The Final Solution was a sound course of action? Not sure what is inferred, though others might be able to clue us in as to the context of that little quote.
As I recall, the Iron Cross is not exclusively a Third Reich symbol. It was inheireted from at least the Kaiser's Reich. The Iron Cross was a medal awarded by the Kaiser, and was also awarded by subsequent officials in Hitler's Reich. Hitler earned, IIRC, the Iron Cross second class while serving on the Western Front. Rommel also earned an Iron Cross, First Class, for his actions in Italy. (Or was it his Western Front exploits? Grrr, I forget.)
As I recall, the black cross came in either the more Maltese and flared version you would see on the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.1 aircraft, or the straight edged version that you would typically see on a Mescherschmidt Me 109 fuselage, such as his avatar.
What I can't remember is whether or not the straight edged version was used during WW I, and my memory is to blame. :o Maybe Rhyddie knows the anser to this one.
As I recall, the Iron Cross is not exclusively a Third Reich symbol. It was inheireted from at least the Kaiser's Reich. The Iron Cross was a medal awarded by the Kaiser, and was also awarded by subsequent officials in Hitler's Reich. Hitler earned, IIRC, the Iron Cross second class while serving on the Western Front. Rommel also earned an Iron Cross, First Class, for his actions in Italy. (Or was it his Western Front exploits? Grrr, I forget.)
As I recall, the black cross came in either the more Maltese and flared version you would see on the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.1 aircraft, or the straight edged version that you would typically see on a Mescherschmidt Me 109 fuselage, such as his avatar.
What I can't remember is whether or not the straight edged version was used during WW I, and my memory is to blame. :o Maybe Rhyddie knows the anser to this one.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete