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Mountain Militia Memorial

Josef Valentin Kassin
1927

Description

Bronze statue of a soldier in the uniform of the Mountain Militia. On the front of the base is a bronze badge with a large 1 and the text Lir. 4 G. Sch. R. 1 (= k. k. Landwehr-Infantrie-Regiment Klagenfurt Nr. 4, which was renamed in 1917 to Gebirgsschützen-Regiment Nr. 1)

Inscription(s)

unseren im weltkrieg 1914-'18
u. im kärnt. abw. kampf 1918-'19
gefallenen kameraden
vom gebirgsschützen regiment № 1

To our comrades fallen
in the World War 1914-'18
and in the Carinthian defensive struggle 1918-'19
by the Mountain Militia Regiment № 1

On the sides the names of the battles:

NORD-OSTFRONT
galizien 1914-16
kybanow-karpaten
porostyn-kolomea
fedorynzyn-pruth
przemyslany

SÜDW.FRONT 1915-18
m. peralba - plöcken
rombon - čukla k. 806
javorcek - fajti - hrib
8.-12. isonzo schlacht
m. cengio - zenson d.p.

Klagenfurt - Gebirgsschützendenkmal

Sculptor

Josef Valentin Kassin (Klagenfurt 1856 - Wien 1931), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia – Article).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der denkmalgeschützten Objekte in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee-Klagenfurt.

Locatie (N 46°37'9" - E 14°18'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atka021; Photograph: 12 September 2016
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