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Description: | An oval medallion.
image obverse: A German infantryman knees facing left, holding a sword in his right hand, clasping his wounded chest with his left. The
soldier is comforted by an angel.
image reverse: A wreath of oakleaves, from which hangs an Iron Cross, resting on a pickelhaube which covers the blade of an upright bayonet.
text reverse: .VND.WER.DEN.TOD.IM.HEILGEN..KAMPFE.FAND. RVHT.AVCH.IN..FREMDER.ERDE.IM.VATERLAND. [And whoever found death in sacred battle
rests, even in foreign soil, in the Fatherland] | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory Weapons DE.A First World War & 1914 commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Schenkel, F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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