German Awards - Memorial Cross for the 1849 campaign

The memorial cross was established on June 1, 1862 by Prince Adolf Georg Schaumburg-Lippsky. The cross was awarded in recognition and memory of the fighters of the principality who fought in 1849 in Schleswig and Jutland. In the German-Danish war, Schaumburg-Lippe had only one rifle company in the German contingent.
Production was handled by J.Godet & Sohn in Berlin.
The memorial cross was awarded only 166 times. 2 crosses were awarded with a modified inscription - FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE. There are also crosses in gilded white metal. These are not trial and, possibly, private secondary units.

Cross made of bronze. The raised-edged crosses are rounded at the ends. Lying inside, on a flat bottom, at a short distance raised, smooth edging. Front and back large, embossed, round medallion. On the upper cruciform shoulder is an ordinary ear with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• The medallion has a narrow, raised rim. The edge is wide.
• This is demarcated internally by a dense, rotating oak wreath.
• On the ring in a break: - OWN - BRAVE - U. - FAITHFUL - WARRIOR -.
Included with the
• oak wreath is an interlocking monogram - A G.

Downside:

• The medallion has a narrow, raised rim. On the edge is a wide ring.
• Inside it is delimited by a narrow elevated edge.
• On the ring is a dense oak-leafy wreath tied with a double loop.
• Consists of 6 groups of sheets on the left and right.
In
• the included midfield, the year increases - 1849.

Tape:

Blue 38 mm, blue edges 1 mm, dark red side stripes 6 mm, central stripes dark red 4 mm.