The men from Langemarck.....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Over the years I have collected as many variations possible of the documents to the men of the 26th Reserve Korps, the "Grüme Korps".... the Korps we associate with the "Langemarck Cross".

Initially the Iron Cross documents were awarded at Korps Level, then as the 51st and 52nd Divisions were sent to other parts of the front they started printing Divisional Level certificates. At some stage in the war Divisional commanders could award the EK2, in the early stages it was the Koprs commander. The units would later fight in the Champagne, one very tough battle taking place on Height 185...

Here is the result of quite a number of years collecting to the Korps.....