Commemorative statue 'Tannenberg' in miniature. Consisting of marble, metal and with inscription.

This item is in fine collector's condition.
The back of the statue has an applied hole on the back, the reason why is unknown. Possibly for hanging too at some point.
Sizes : 18 high, 11 cm deep, 13 cm wide.

An inscription on the statue reads: "Unserem Battr. Chef 4. (Mot.) A.R. 70  - 28. II. 1941'

The Tannenberg Memorial (1935) was a monument to the German soldiers of the Battle of Tannenberg, the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes and the medieval Battle of Tannenberg (1410). The victorious German commander Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg became a national hero and was later interred at the site.

When Reichspräsident Hindenburg died in 1934, his coffin and that of his wife, who had died in 1921, were placed there despite his wishes to be buried at his family plot in Hanover. Adolf Hitler ordered that the monument be redesigned and renamed "Reichsehrenmal Tannenberg". As the Red Army approached in 1945, German troops removed Hindenburg's remains and partly demolished key structures. In 1949, Polish authorities razed the site, leaving few traces.