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.
FULL SIZE
WW1 1914 - 1918
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