Grave stone of VICE-WATCH MASTER, and OFFICER-CANDIDATE ARTHUR MAYER LAW STUDENT 12th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, 6th Battalion HOLDER OF THE IRON CROSS 2nd CLASS BORN 21 FEBRUARY 1897 MARTYRED 24 AUGUST 1917 NEAR MUNCEL, LORRAINE Alsace-Lorraine was the German-held pair of provinces which had been historically French before 1871, and whose liberation from Germany obsessed French society until this aim was achieved with Germany's defeat in 1918. Arthur was killed by a French hand grenade. The 12th Bavarian Field Artillery Regt. was part of the 3rd Bavarian Artillery Brigade, in the 3rd Bavarian Division.