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Description: | obverse design: Feldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, head, full face slightly inclined to right, wearing gorget and helmet
adorned with eagle helmet-plate
obverse text: "PAVL VON HINDEBURG"
reverse design: candles, two, alight, the base of each resting upon a sprig of fir, the stem of the sprig being positioned at centre base
of design. Positioned around edge and above the candles text
reverse text: "WEIHNACHT IM FELD 1915"
This small decorative Christmas medal by Goetz (1875-1950) includes a portrait of Feldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg
(1847-1934), overall commander of German forces on the Eastern Front at the end of 1915. The second Christmas of the war is commemorated in
the reverse design by the second lighted candle on the fir sprig and the reverse text is translated as 'Christmas in the field 1915'. See
MED 63 for Goetz's 1914 Christmas medal. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | DE.A Hindenburg portrait / personification Paul von commemorative First World War & Christmas 1915 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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