German Awards - Princely House Order of Hohenzollern Gold Medal of Honor 3. Model 2. Edition

The Gold Medal of Honor and the Silver Medal of Merit were established jointly with the General Cross of Honor, later the Princely Order of the House of Hohenzollern, on December 5, 1841 by both Hohenzollern princes. The first form (1st model) of the gold medal of Honor had a gold crown and was originally the 3rd class of the Honorary Cross and was awarded for excellent services to state and court officials in the high rank of college adviser or official. The military had a rank higher than captain. In April 1844, medals were made of silver with gilding and an honorary cross of the 3rd class was introduced. The Silver Medal of Merit (without the crown) represented the 4th class of the Cross of Honor until April 8, 1844. On August 23, 1851, King Frederick William IV. special department of the Order of the House, Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern. The order of the Hohenzollern house broke up into 2 independently existing orders of the house, the order of the royal house of Prussia and the order of the princely house of Hohenzollern. The 2nd model, the so-called intermediate, had an enameled crown and a black and white coat of arms with red dressing of the crown.
On February 16, 1852, the charter was changed. On the 3rd model there were new, modified stamps for the front and back sides in the form of a medallion of the honorary cross of the 2nd class. The 1st edition bore on the reverse the correct foundation date of 5 December 1841. The Medal of Honor depicted here forms the 3rd Model 2. The publication and differs in the date of January 1, 1842, which was introduced for the reverse. The changes came after a charter change in 1852. The gilded swords were presented to all estates on 20 December 1866 and first awarded for the silver Medal of Merit. The recipients were non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Fusilier Regiment No. 40 of Hohenzoller under the command of Prince Karl Anton. During World War II he was promoted to non-commissioned officer and soldier under Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern. Source: Jörg Nemmergut, German Orders and Insignia until 1945, vol. I, 1997.

Silver gold medal with raised border. On top is a soldered eye with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Around the edge is a wide wreath of left laurel and right oak foliage
• This one at the bottom is tied in a loop.
In the
• center is a wide ring bounded by 2 lines with a census:
• - FOR - LOYALTY - AND - MERIT - at the bottom is a small asterisk.
In
• a closed fine-grained field, an ornamented Hohenzoll coat of arms.
• About this princely crown.

Downside:

• Around the edge is a wide wreath of right laurel and left oak foliage
• This one at the bottom is tied in a loop.
In the
• center is a wide ring bounded by 2 lines above the census:
• - DEN - 1.T - JANUARY - 1842 - a small star below.
In
• a closed fine-grained field, rough letters - F - C -.
• About this princely crown.

Tape:

• 30 mm wide, white edges 1.5 mm, black side stripes 4 mm, black central stripes 3 mm.

Obverse: Princely House Order of Hohenzollern Gold Medal of Honor 3. Model 2. Edition

Reverse: Princely House Order of Hohenzollern Gold Medal of Honor 3. Model 2. Edition

Established:

December 5, 1841 by two princes Friedrich Wilhelm (H.-Hechingen) and Karl (H.-Sigmaringen)

Awarded:

1852 – 1965

Data:

• Material: Silver gilded
• Size: 32mm
• Weight: about 16g

estimated collector price:

280 – 310 €

OEK Number:

1038/1