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Bar of a Veteran of the Marinekorps Flandern
in the First World War
 
For Sale at
Der
Rittmeister
The medals on this bar in order of
seniority from left to right are-
Prussian 1914 Iron Cross,
second class
Flanders Cross with clasps for "YPERN", "FLANDERNSCHLACHT" and "DURCHBRUCHSSCHLACHT"
The Honour
and Remembrance Cross of the Flanders Naval Corps ("Ehren- und Erinnerungskreuz des Marinekorps Flandern",
more commonly called the "Flandernkreuz") was an unofficial
medal awarded in 1921 to the veterans of the
imperial naval "Marinekorps Flandern"
who served on the Western Front during the First World War. The
original owner of this bar served in the Marinekorps at the Battles
of Ypres, Flanders and Cambrai.
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