WW1 LANGEMARCK CROSS BADGE GREEN CORPS MEDAL

Commemorative medal issued to Veterans of the Green Corps, 26th Reserve Corps of Koln 233rd to 240th Reserve Infantry Regiments and 51st and 52nd Foot Artillery Regiments. Medal was instituted in 1933 by Adolf Hitler, the new Chancellor of Germany and leader of the Nazi party. The battle of Langemarck (a village in Flanders) on October 21st 1914, was the first battle of Ypres was later made into a myth and glorified of the sacrifice of the German youth. During the battle over 2000 students all were volunteers lost their lives.