It consists of a soldier in greatcoat and stahlhelm (steel helmet - nicknamed "coal scuttle" by Allied troops) lying down with his rifle by his side.
German soldier in stahlhelm |
The list of fallen |
Considering that the memorial seems to have been unveiled in 1955, it may be that the two victims of the Franco-Prussian War were added at the request of people who, in the 1950s, were old enough to have lost a loved one in the conflict of 1870-71.
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