{{Infobox military award | name = Wilhelm Ernst War Cross<br/>''Wilhelm-Ernst-Kriegskreuz'' | image = Wilhelm-Ernst Kriegskreuz 1915 Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Wilhelm Ernst War Cross | presenter = Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | country = | type = Military decoration | eligibility = | awarded_for = | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 10 June 1915 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = 366<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medalnet.net/White_Falcon.htm |title=Swords to the Orders and Medals of Saxe-Weimar during the First World War |publisher=Medalnet.net |date=4 March 2004 |accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref> | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = | related = | image2 = | caption2 = }} The '''Wilhelm Ernst War Cross''' ({{langx|de|Wilhelm-Ernst-Kriegskreuz}}) was a military decoration of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Established by William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on 10 June 1915, it was awarded to recognize military valor during World War I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medals.org.uk/saxe-weimar/saxe-weimar002.htm |title=ODM of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Wilhelm Ernst War Cross |publisher=Medals.org.uk |date= |accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref> Individuals awarded the Wilhelm Ernst War Cross had to be recipients of the Iron Cross, 1st class, and were members of ''5 Thüringischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 94'' also known as the Grand Duke of Saxony's Regiment. The cross was also to be awarded to citizens of the grand duchy serving in other units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/wilhelm-ernst-kriegskreuz.html |title=Wilhelm Ernst Kriegskreuz |publisher=Ehrenzeichen-orden.de |date= |accessdate=15 May 2013 |language=German}}</ref>
== Recipients == {{Div col|colwidth=15em|rules=|gap=4em}} * Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld * Otto-Wilhelm Förster * Alexander von Hartmann * Walter von Hippel * Otto von Knobelsdorff * Paul Laux * Günther Rüdel {{Div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Ernestine duchies Category:Military awards and decorations of Imperial Germany