Stone memorial showing a dead soldier on a catafalque with his war attributes. At his feet an eagle seems to embrace the dead body with its wings.
Anmerkung / Annotation
This memorial commemorates the residents of Syburg who died in the War of 1871-71, and the First and Second World War. It is placed in the ruins of the medieval castle Hohensyburg.
Künstler*in / Artist
Friedrich Bagdons (Kowarren, Ostpreußen, 1878 - Dortmund 1937 ),
German sculptor of Dortmund
(Wikipedia).
