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Description: | obverse design : Archduke Eugen, bust, right profile, in uniform
reverse design : soldiers, two Austrian infantrymen in mountainous landscape. One soldier kneels behind a boulder and takes aim, right,
with his rifle
First World War patriotic portrait medal by the anonymous 'BvS' commemorating Archduke Eugen von Habsburg-Lothringen
(1863-1954). Eugen received formal military training at the War Academy before being assigned to the Austro-Hungarian General Staff. He had
attained the rank of General by the outbreak of war in 1914 and was appointed to command the Southern Front (bordering on Italy) in
December 1914. In May 1915, on Italy's entry into the war, his command was extended to cover the entire South Western Front. In the spring
of 1916 Eugen commanded the III and XI Armies in the Trentino Offensive and in November 1916 he was appointed Field Marshal. He remained on
the South Western Front for the remainder of his war, being removed from active command in January 1918 following the Caporetto
offensive. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons Italian Front & 1915 = 1916 Eugen portrait / personification Archduke of Austria commemorative First World War AH.A | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | B v S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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