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Description: | not clearly impressed : DS 45 53
obverse design: Feldmarschall Duke Albrecht of Württemberg, head, right profile. Positioned at base of head the date
"1916"
obverse text: "GEN.FELDM.ALBRECHT HERZOG VON WÜRTTEMBERG"
reverse design: lion, facing left, and stag, rear view, facing right. In the background a barren landscape and in the distance a solitary
flat-topped mountain
reverse text: "FURCHTLOS UND TREW"
exergue: "LH" monogram, overlaid
German First World War portrait medal by L Habich commemorating the German field commander Feldmarschall Duke Albrecht
of Württemberg (1865-1939). On the outbreak of war in 1914 Albrecht commanded the German Fourth Army and led it on its western advance
through the Ardennes to the Marne. In October 1914 the Fourth Army was switched to Flanders and took part in the vicious fighting around
Ypres. Promoted to full Field Marshal in August 1916, Albrecht was given command of 'Army Group Albrecht' on the southern sector of the
Western Front in February 1917. He remained in this theatre of operations until November 1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Albrecht First World War & 1914 = 1916 DE.A Duke of Württemberg (Field Marshal) portrait / personification | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Habich, L | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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