Fieldmarshall von Hindenburg rakes in Russian prisoners of war during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, February 7 to 22, 1915. A German victory, initial battle reports had German forces taking 100,000 Russian prisoners. The number may have been as low as 55,000. Hindenburg wears the Pour le Mérite he was awarded in 1914 after the Battle of Tannenburg in which the Germans destroyed the Russian Second Army, taking 90,000 prisoners.
G. Feldm. v. Hindenburg zum 17. II. 1915General Fieldmarshall von Hindenburg February 17, 1915.Reverse:Jede Vervielfältigung verbotenReproduktion u. Druck v.d. bayer. Karten-FelddruckereiDer Erlös ist für Ostpreußen bestimmtA.O.K.6.Any reproduction forbiddenReproduction and printing by the Bavarian Field Card PrinterThe proceeds will go to East PrussiaMessage dated May 1, 1915, field postmarked May 2 from Courtrai, Belgium.
"Fieldmarshall von Hindenburg rakes in Russian prisoners of war during the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, February 7 to 22, 1915. A German victory, initial battle reports had German forces taking 100,000 Russian prisoners. The number may have been as low as 55,000. Hindenburg wears the Pour le Mérite he was awarded in 1914 after the Battle of Tannenburg in which the Germans destroyed the Russian Second Army, taking 90,000 prisoners."
Wednesday, February 17, 1915
February, 1915
Hindenburg, von Hindenburg, Russia, Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes, prisoner, prisoner of war Event, 1915-02-17, 1915, February
