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Description: | with small post horn-like mark : D S 60
obverse design : General von Beseler, bust, right profile, in uniform
obverse text : "GENERAL v.BESELER" & "NOWOGEORGIEWSK"
reverse design : Hercules, full-length naked figure facing left, holding thunderbolts in his raised hands
German First World War medal by H Bendorff commemorating General Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850-1921). On the outbreak
of war in 1914 von Hesler was recalled out of retirement and given command of the III Reserve Corps for the advance into Belgium. In
October 1914 he successfully secured the port of Antwerp and in the following month his forces were actively engaged in the fighting along
the River Yser. By spring 1915 he had been transferred to the Eastern Front. Following the capture of Novo-Georgievsk in August 1915 the
bulk of Russian Poland fell into German hands. Beseler was appointed German military governor of Poland that same month and remained in
office there until the day after the armistice in 1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | DE.A Capture of & 19/8/1915 Eastern Front & Novo-Georgievsk portrait / personification Beseler commemorative First World War von (General) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bendorff, H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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