This commemorative cross was probably donated in 1925 by Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern and an association of regiments. The fund was adopted in connection with the 10th anniversary of the re-capture of the city of Przemysl by Bavarian troops under the command of Field Marshal von Mackensen. Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern became the owner and namesake of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment on 20 January 1915. The regiment's locations since its formation in 1897 have been Zweibrücken and Saargemünd.
By the beginning of World War I, the regiment consisted of 70 officers and about 3100 non-commissioned officers and soldiers and was part of the 6th Army. After the first operations of 1914 on the Western Front, the regiment began to operate in the East, in Serbia and Romania. In 1917 he was again sent to the Western Front. As a result of heavy fighting, the regiment was almost completely destroyed. According to the data, 58 officers and 2,345 non-commissioned officers and soldiers survived the war on the battlefield and in captivity. After the war, former relatives organized into a regimental association. It was founded on 11 October 1919 in Würzburg. The first monument to the 22nd Infantry Regiment was inaugurated in 1932 in Zweibrücken.
One-sided embossed cross made of silver-plated white metal in the shape of the Iron Cross. The surface inside the raised, corrugated inner edge is fine-grained. On the upper cruciform shoulder, a small eye is connected in parallel. A small ring with a band ring passes through them.
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Downside:
Commemorative Cross of the 22nd Bavarian Royal Infantry Regiment
Commemorative Cross of the 22nd Bavarian Royal Infantry Regiment
Awards of World War II