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A First World War German medal by F König (a variant of MED 322), commemorating the granting by Germany and Austria-
Hungary, of a belated form of muzzled autonomy to those Polish territories which were under German and Austrian control in late 1916, in
the wake of the enforced withdrawal to the east of Russian armies. Both Germany and Russia had attempted to gain Polish support during the
War, a situation exploited by the Polish leader Marshal Pilsudski. An independent Poland was reconstituted in 1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | German and Austro-Hungarian Proposals to Re- establish & 5/11/1916 Austro-Hungarian and German Occupied Poland & Poland Wilhelm II Kingdom of Emperor portrait / personification Franz Josef I commemorative First World War Kaiser of Germany | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | König, F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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