German Awards - Memorial Cross for 1814-1815

The Cross of Remembrance of the Liberation Wars was established on June 2, 1816 by Prince Friedrich Georg Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The returning troops of the Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt contingent, who participated in the war against Napoleon and were impeccable, were to be awarded. The contingent consisted of 593 people. A commemorative cross was presented to participants on 2 July 1816 by Colonel Brockenburg. The crosses were made in two parts. Separately embossed front and back sides were then soldered. Nemmergut also indicates relief crosses in the piece. Whether these second parts or crosses purchased for the buckle must remain open. Crosses are very rare due to the very small size of the contingent. Source: Nemmergut, German Orders and Insignia until 1945, Volume 3. Hessenthal and Schreiber, Portable insignia of the German Empire, including previously independent German states...

Cross from knocked out and subsequently soldered silver. Transverse arms and round central part with raised edges. Between the cross sleeves is a left-facing laurel wreath with fruits. On the upper cruciform shoulder there is a parallel, depressed elongated ear, through which an elongated (also corrugated) ribbon ring passes.

Front side:

• On the cruciform shoulders there is an inscription of increased purpose in case of a fracture:
• From above, two-line - black -/- burgs -, along horizontal transverse sleeves:
• - brave - warriors - for -. The edges do not interrupt the medallion .
• below in three lines: - Deutsch - lands - Liberation -.

Downside:

• A recumbent, slightly oval medallion with a continuous raised border.
• It contains two-line numbers of the year - 1814 -/- 1815 -.

Tape:

35 mm light blue with 1 mm white side stripes. Light blue weave edge.

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