Spichern or Spicheren?

[VtwinVince]

Gentlemen,

I recently picked up a decidedly ragged little bar with six clasps on the 1871 KDM. One is for Spichern. I've also seen this clasp spelled Spicheren. Which is the more common example? I do know that this battle was also called by a third name, Speichern, just to confuse things further. Any thoughts on this appreciated.

[Rosenberg]

I cannot comment on Speichern,never heard that before other than in the meaning of saving.

Spichern is a village with its name deriving from surrounding hills the Spicherer H?hen.I should add that Spicheren sounds like a rather old-fashioned way of spelling.Both seems correct to me.

Edited December 14, 2007 by Rosenberg

[Wild Card]

Hi VtwinVince,

I have only two examples of this bar and, interestingly one is ?Spicheren? and the other is ?Spichern?. Not much help, sorry.

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[Djedj]

No stats here, but I'd mention that "Spichern" is the German name, and "Spicheren" the French one.

(sorry can't say which dialect "Speichern" comes from, though I've seen it used as well).

So I guess it's a question of point of view here ?

And a great viewpont it must have been from the Spicheren Highs... :

"Spicherer H?hen von Stiering aus gesehen" (1871)

Salutations,

Jerome

[militaria0815]

All three names existed, Spichern is the correct German word.

[VtwinVince]

Thanks for the replies, the fog is lifting from my eyes.