German Awards - 1849 Campaign Medal

The 1849 campaign medal was only established on June 6, 1862 by Prince Georg Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont. In the war with Denmark, the principality sent units for German federal troops. The contingent consisted of one infantry battalion assigned to the reserve division of the 2nd formation. The medal was established in memory of the battles of June 6, 1849 at Dupelle. The medal was awarded to all officers, non-commissioned officers, doctors and gamblers of the principality who were part of the battalion. In addition, each company received 10 medals for soldiers who distinguished themselves in battle or were distributed to the descendants of the dead soldiers. The result is an approximate figure of 100 pieces. The decoration of the medals was the same as that of the medals for the campaigns of 1810-1815. Medals with the same face have different dates of the year on the back. They were donated in 1850 by Princess Emma as the prince's guardian. Known medals with numbers 1813/1814, 1814, 1814/1815, 18/ 13/14/15, 1810 and without a number. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, vol. III, 1999.

Round bronze medal with raised border. Above is a soldered ordinary eye with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• At a short distance from the edge below, a laurel wreath is tied.
In the
• closed field of the letter - G. - V. - old Gothic font.

Downside:

A
• short distance from the edge is a wreath of 2 oak deciduous branches intersecting below.
In the
• center is an upright ancient sword. The blade separates 2 branches from above.
• To the left of the sword blade is a number - 18 - to the right of it is a number - 49 -.
• The numbers are deepened and cross-hatched.

Tape:

• Width 35 mm, side stripes black/gold 3 mm each, central stripes separated by thin black stripes of red 21 mm.

.