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Description: | SILBER 800
in small, faint, sloping characters
obverse design: General von Linsingen, bust, full face, in uniform
obverse text: "GENERAL v.LINSINGEN"
reverse design: soldiers, a German and an Austrian infantryman, three-quarter length figures holding rifles and advancing from left to
right
reverse text: "1915" (lower right)
First World War medal (one of a series of medallic portraits of German military commanders) by Fritz Eue, commemorating
General Alexander von Linsingen (1850-1935). On the outbreak of war in 1914 von Linsingen was in command of the II Corps; later that same
year he was transferred to the Tenth Army (commanding the Austro-German Sudarmee) in readiness for the attack on Przemysl in early 1915. In
July 1915 von Linsingen was tasked with the offensive against Russian forces on the River Bug, the success of which resulted in his
promotion to command 'Army Group Linsingen'. He remained on the Eastern Front until the signing of the Treaty of Brest Litovsk in March
1918, when he returned to Germany, to take command of the Berlin Military region. He resigned his command on 9 November
1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & 1914 = 1915 Linsingen DE.A Alexandre Adolf August Karl von portrait / personification | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Eue, Fritz | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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