Germany WWI Langemarck Cross for the First Battle of Flanders 1914

NAZI Germany - Weimar Republic: 
WW1 Langemarck Cross. 
Commemorative Cross issued to the Veterans of 
the "Green Corps", the 26th Reserve Corps of Koln 
(the 233rd - 240th Reserve Infantry Regiments & 
the 51st, 52nd Foot Artillery Regiments). 
The medal was instituted in 1933 by Adolph Hitler 
- the new, at the time, chancellor of Germany and 
leader of the NAZI party.
 
The Battle of Langemarck (a village in Flanders), 
on 21 Oct. 1914, was part of the First Battle of 
Ypres (also called the First Battle of Flanders) 
was later made into a myth and glorified as the 
"sacrifice of the German youth ", as during the 
battle, 2000 students - all volunteers - lost their 
lives. 
A scarce decoration.

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WW1 1914 - 1918 

Item 100% original 

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