| IRONCROSS | The highest decoration for bravery awarded to Prussian and later German armed forces in wartime from 1813 to 1945 (4,5) |
| REICH | The rich hold the key to Prussian Empire |
| BISMARCK | Otto von ___, Prussian, and later German, statesman (1815-1898) (8) |
| LUGER | What was the standard pistol of the German armed forces from 1908 to 1938? (5) |
| STAFF | The professional head of the armed forces in the UK holds the office of Chief of the Defence ... |
| VICTORIA | Queen whose name was given to numerous things including an English plum, a decoration for bravery, an Australian state and a sponge cake sandwiched with jam and cream (8) |
| IRON | ___ Cross, highest German military decoration for bravery, instituted in 1813 (4) |
| GEORGE | King who instituted a decoration for bravery; a character in Joyce Grenfell's "don't do that" Nursery School monologue; or, a spoken word performer known as "the poet" (6) |
| WEHRMACHT | German armed forces nineteen twenty one to nineteen forty five |
| JEEP | First mass-produced for the US armed forces in 1940, which sturdy, all-purpose, high-powered car was |
| STENGUN | It became the standard light weapon used by British and Commonwealth armed forces in World War Two (4,3) |
| BESIEGE | To surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender (7) |
| GENDARMERIE | A branch of the armed forces in France responsible for internal security |
| VICTORIACROSS | The Commonwealth armed forces' highest decoration (8,5) |
| MEDALOFHONOR | Highest decoration for a U.S. soldier |
| GUITARBOY | Code-name for an attempted coup d'etat by a group of junior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces in 19 |
| CASHIER | Dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace |
| USMC | Branch of the United States Armed Forces in which Lee Harvey Oswald served (1,1,1,1) |
| CROIXDEGUERRE | French decoration for bravery |
| MEDAL | Decoration for bravery (5) |
