Germany (Imperial) & Austria-Hungary (Imperial): 3 x Patriotic / Veterans Medals & Badges for the 1914-1918 War
Comprising:
a). Bronze gilt medal dated 1914-18. Obverse kneeling German soldier taking blessing from an Angel, reverse depiction of Iron Cross 1914
b). 14th Artillery silvered regimental pin, with enamelled '14 Shoulder Board' insignia. In foreground a heavy (siege howitzer) artillery gun
c). Metal pin-back badge. dated 1914-15, and below '11 Armee', in centre the busts of the German Kaisar and the Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph
The 11th Army (German: 11. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 11 / A.O.K. 11) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in March 1915 in Kassel originally to serve on the Western Front but was transported to Galicia for service on the Eastern Front, where it fought against the Imperial Rissian Forces. The army was dissolved on 8 September 1915, but reformed on 23 September 1915 for the Serbian Campaign, where in support of the Austrians it fought against the Serbian Army. The 11th Army was finally dissolved on, 7 January 1919
Condition: Mostly about EF
Code: 22256