Description
Bronze statue of two soldiers with on the pedestal a bronze relief portrait with caption: HINDENBURG. This is Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (Posen - Poznán 1847 - Gut Neudeck 1934), Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934 (Wikipedia).
Inscription(s)
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"69-es ELŐRE"
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69th Forward
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Az 1914-1918 évi világháboruban el-
esett sok ezer BAJTÁRSA és dicső
EZREDÜK örok emlékezetére emelte
a volt cs. és kir. 69 HINDENBURG tábor
nagy nevét viselő gyalogezred tisz-
tikara és legénysége
| az ezred | |
| alakukt | | megszünt |
| Lombardiaban | |
| 1870 februar 1 | | 1918 november 1 |
de ha hiv a haza ujból élni fog!
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translation?
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On the two other faces are lists of battlefields.
Signed: ercbeöntötte / BORY PÁL / szélesfehérvár
Annotation
G.F.M. von Hindenburg was appointed as the 'Inhaber' (Colonel-in-Chief) of k.u.k. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 69 on the 29th of November 1914 in succession to the late Feldzeugmeister Ernst Freiherr von Leithner who had died in July 1914.
Sculptor
- Bory Jenő (Székesfehérvár 1879 - Székesfehérvár 1959),
Hungarian architect and sculptor
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 47°11'10" - E 18°24'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: hufe030; Photograph: 8 September 2012
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