EK 1914 Iron Crosses Discovered:

[Ulsterman]

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.

[Guest Rick Research]

Just goes to show what we've all realized of late--

the news is much better reported without

"reporters!" :cheeky:

[Naxos]

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:

[Ulsterman]

True, but 100 years earlier they were there too, marching under Napoleons' Arc as he was sent off to Elba.

[Naxos]

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

[nesredep]

Hello!

Intresting.

All the best

Nesredep

[kay bunnecke]

wanne see picture's

not words

[Kev in Deva]

wanne see picture's

not words

Say "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:

[kay bunnecke]

jip,,, with sugar on it ,,,please,please,please,please,pleaes,,,,,pleeeeaaaassssseeee,,

[Ed_Haynes]

What is it you want to see so badly???

[kay bunnecke]

quantity of little iron crosses strung on black and white ribbons bearing the inscription: 1814-1914".

[Ulsterman]

The NYT did not have pictures. Pity though.

[kay bunnecke]

The NYT did not have pictures. Pity though.

wel,,,,, wood have bin a nice new sensation.

this way ,,a bedthime sailers storie.

[Ed_Haynes]

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.

[kay bunnecke]

maybe mistaken it with campain medals....