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    Flandernkreuz - Flanders Cross Qualification Info. needed

    Can anyone tell me if an individual who served with the below unit was entitled to the Flanders Cross?

    He served in:

    II. Westf. Husaren-Regm.Nr.11. - 3. Eskadron which later (I believe) became the "Freikorps Garde-Kavallerie-Schutzen-Division"

    As always you help would be greatly appreciated.

    Regards,

    Chuck

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    Chuck, as I understand it (and someone will correct me f I am wrong) the Flandernkreuz is a private post war commemorative piece for Marinekorps units that fought on land in the Flanders area.
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      Originally posted by Don Doering View Post
      Chuck, as I understand it (and someone will correct me f I am wrong) the Flandernkreuz is a private post war commemorative piece for Marinekorps units that fought on land in the Flanders area.
      Thank you for your response Don!

      Yes, this is what I understood as well, but I have read now on a couple of websites that it was also authorized for other troops who fought there as well. I have also read, and it may have been on the WAF, that the medal could also be privately purchased by personel who did not actually fight there but simply gave a donation to the organization that produced and distributed the cross during the Weimar period.

      I need to try and find out if the above Husar unit fought there in 1918 as I am researching the medals and awards of a Freikorps man as I hope to determine whether he was actually entitled to the medal, having seen action there, or if he simply made a donation and added it to his growing array of Freikorps awards.

      Chuck

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