Awards of Germany - Commemorative military coin to soldiers 1870/1871

A commemorative military coin for fighters (combatants), along with a commemorative military coin for non-combatants, was presented on May 20, 1871 by the king and emperor William I. All soldiers, doctors, officials and sailors of the navy who participated in battles or sieges or crossed the border with France in wartime until March 2, 1871, as well as the crew of the royal ship "Augusta." The commemorative coin was made of captured guns of France. The stamp was minted by the court and coin medalist Wilhelm Kullrich. A commemorative military coin with a certificate of possession was awarded. Commemorative coins were not refundable.
Due to the large number of decorations and renewal of tools, embossing deviations are possible. The necessary overprints are most often made of gilded brass without an edge inscription and differ in design (font, crown and cross) from the originals. The number of awarded fighters is about 1.1 million.

Round medal made of captured bronze guns with a rim, a soldered eye with a ribbon ring on top.
Marginal inscription: - OFF. - CAPTURED - CANNON -

Front side:

• A cross reaching the edges in the form of an Iron Cross, rays in the corners of the cross.
• A laurel wreath in the center, tied from below with a loop.
In
• a closed field among themselves, annual numbers - 1870-1871. -

Downside:

In
• surrounded midfield top Prussian royal crown, including - W -
In
• the lower part there are two lines: - Victorious - Host -
• Between the inner circle and the edge is a round inscription: - God - was - with - us - Him - be - honor -
• below is a six-pointed star.

Tape:

32 mm, black edges 1 mm, white edge stripes 6 mm, central stripes black/red/black 5 mm each.

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