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Divers Fail to Find Missing World War I Monument in the Yser Near Diksmuide, Though They Do Find a Mussel Pot

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Divers searched the Yser River near Diksmuide for Belgium’s first demarcation post, which helped mark the World War I front line.
  • The monument has been missing since World War II, and the search in the murky water did not find it.
  • The divers did find a mussel pot.

Divers searching the Yser River near the Yser Tower in Diksmuide failed to recover a missing monument from Belgium’s World War I history. They did, however, find a mussel pot.

The monument was Belgium’s first demarcation post and helped mark the front line during the First World War. It has been missing since the Second World War.

Diving school Maanvis from Diksmuide carried out Saturday’s search, but the commemorative column remained hidden in the murky water.

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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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