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Description: | whole : model
obverse design : soldier, Austro-Hungarian infantryman, three-quarter length figure wearing cap, greatcoat and pack. His body faces right
and his head is turned to face the observer. He holds his rifle above his head by the muzzle. Behind, lower right, the facing heads of two
open mouthed soldiers
obverse text : "VNSERE INFANTERIE"
reverse design : cross, Greek, bearing dates on each of its arms and the letters "KKB" enclosed by a raised edged square at its centre. The
cross rests upon a stylised flaming circle which is in turn surrounded by three raised, beaded edged, circles
reverse text : "1914" (left horizontal arm of cross) & "1915" (upper vertical arm) & "1916" (right horizontal arm) & "1917" (lower vertical
arm) & "ROTES KREVZ-KRIEGSHILFSBÜRO-KRIEGSFÜRSORGEAMT" (outer edge) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons First World War & 1914 = 1917 AH.A & [infantry] commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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