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[Lancashire Fusilier]

German Marines with French prisoner.
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[robins2]

I wonder if the first Durchbruchsschlacht is for the advance during the gas attack??

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Here is the Award Document for the Marinekorps Flandernkreuz.
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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Marinekorps Flandern War Service Album.
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[Lancashire Fusilier]

German Marine Sturmtruppen.
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[robins2]

L.F.

A very impressive collection, thanks for sharing,have any more related items?

Regards

Bob R.

[Lancashire Fusilier]

Painting captioned - ' German Marines storm French position 1914 '.
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[Lancashire Fusilier]

robins2, on 01 July 2012 - 02:39 AM, said:

L.F.

thanks for sharing,have any more related items?

Regards

Bob R.

Bob,
These particular items are not from my Collection, I am posting the images as part of the overall theme of khaki's thread - The Marine Korps Flandernkreuz.
I am pleased you are enjoying seeing them.
Regards,
LF

[Lancashire Fusilier]

robins2, on 01 July 2012 - 02:26 AM, said:

I wonder if the first Durchbruchsschlacht is for the advance during the gas attack??

You may be right, I have yet to find the date of, or the reason for, the awarding of the Durchbruchsschlacht Bar ?
Regards,
LF

[robins2]

 German Marine Wound Medal0001.jpg   33.33K   2 downloads

I have been searching also, but no luck so far  attached Naval Wound Medal that came with my Flanders Cross, too bad the Germans did not name their medals, would be some interesting stories to research??  regards

Bob R.

[khaki]

Lancashire Fusilier, on 01 July 2012 - 02:38 AM, said:

German Marine Sturmtruppen.
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is the fixed bayonet held by the Marine, third man standing from the left, a shortened 98/05 or are my eyes deceiving me.

khaki

[TRAJAN]

khaki, on 05 July 2012 - 11:46 PM, said:

...is the fixed bayonet held by the Marine, third man standing from the left, a shortened 98/05 or are my eyes deceiving me....

The fullers stop at about the right place for a regular 98/05 and the shape/width of the blade tip looks fine, but in all the shortened (i.e., 'Turked') 98/05's I have seen the fuller grove continues to a blade tip/point that is the same width as the rest of the blade. Added to which I have never seen or heard of shortened 98/05's in German use. So, no, I don't think it has been shortened. I think it is an optical illusion, the bayonet leaning at an angle towards or away from the photographer. What I find more fascinating, though, is that the guy on the right has a long quillback bayonet on his rifle!

Trajan

[khaki]

Thanks Trajan,

I am sure that you are right, just an illusion. Yes, I did notice the quillback, it makes for a really interesting photograph.

khaki

[khaki]

Yesterday I was at a show and I purchased the German veterans medal, the oval one, Kyffhauserbund?? not sure on the name anyway it had the crossed swords emblem and two bars VERDUN, FLANDERN u.ARTOIS.nice parade mounted medal with separate ribbon bar.

khaki

[Connaught Stranger]

As it is not listed in the book "Orden & Ehrenzeichen 1800 - 45" by Jörg Nimmergutt

its an unofficial award / pruchase by German Naval veterans who "fought on the ground."

There are copies / fakes of the Spangen being flogged out there as well.

The one pictured in post 12 has at some stage been broken off its ribbon Ose mounting ring

and has had the arm of the cross drilled to re-hang it.

One version I have seen has the Kreigsmarine Naval flag hand-painted.

It falls in to the category of:-

the "Kyffershauserbund Veterans Service Medal"

"German Legion of Honour Service Medal."

The various enameled Campaign Medals.

etc..