Ulsterman Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 From the NYT of 9/22/1914:"The Petit Gironde has published a dispatch from Verdun setting forth that french soldiers near that point found a valise belonging to a Prussian officer containing a quantity of little iron crosses strung on black and white ribbons bearing the inscription: 1814-1914".These presumably were to have been distributed to German soldiers after the entry of the German army into Paris"-shows how the newspapers got it wrong in those days too and that German production of EKs was very,very swift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Just goes to show what we've all realized of late--the news is much better reported without"reporters!" :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 From the NYT of 9/22/1914:"The Petit Gironde has published a dispatch from Verdun setting forth that french soldiers near that point found a valise belonging to a Prussian officer containing a quantity of little iron crosses strung on black and white ribbons bearing the inscription: 1814-1914".These presumably were to have been distributed to German soldiers after the entry of the German army into Paris"For the entry of Paris the inscription would have been 1871-1914 :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 True, but 100 years earlier they were there too, marching under Napoleons' Arc as he was sent off to Elba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) True, but 100 years earlier they were there too, marching under Napoleons' Arc as he was sent off to Elba.Indeed! April 10, 1814 The Prussians were there together with troops from Britain, Austria and Russia. Edited December 17, 2008 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hello!Intresting. All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay bunnecke Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 wanne see picture's not words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 wanne see picture's not wordsSay "Pretty please with sugar on it!" If you are referring to the original newspaper story, many items in the WW1 era newspapers of the day did not have accompanying pictures.Kevin in Deva :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay bunnecke Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 jip,,, with sugar on it ,,,please,please,please,please,pleaes,,,,,pleeeeaaaassssseeee,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 What is it you want to see so badly??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay bunnecke Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 quantity of little iron crosses strung on black and white ribbons bearing the inscription: 1814-1914". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 The NYT did not have pictures. Pity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay bunnecke Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 The NYT did not have pictures. Pity though.wel,,,,, wood have bin a nice new sensation.this way ,,a bedthime sailers storie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 For the US, this was at best a curiosity story, hardly big news, taken from a French newspaper as mere column-filler?My guess is that someone saw a "1914" and an "1813" and conflated and cross-bred the two observations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay bunnecke Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 maybe mistaken it with campain medals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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