This medal under the regent Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg was presented to the centenary of the hussar regiment No. 17 of Braunschweig. The name - PENINSULA - dates back to the English designation of the Iberian Peninsula in the liberation war against Napoleon, where the regiment gained a legendary reputation as part of the Royal German Legion under the command of Prince Adolf Friedrich Duke of Cambridge.
The foundation was assigned to 1809. Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig, called the Black Duke, from April 1, 1809 formed a volunteer corps of about 2,000 people, including 1,000 hussars, to fight Napoleon. The corps became known as the "Black Squad." First, under Austrian command, after the defeat at Wagram, the regiment fled to England, where he switched to English service. Under English command, he fought in Spain from 1813 to 1814 and was stationed in Sicily in 1815. The duke created a new hussar regiment in 1814 at Braunschweig in Wolfenbüttel, while the original regiment remained in English service. This regiment participated in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. The designation Duke of Braunschweig Hussar Regiment No. 17 received in 1867. According to the military convention with Prussia, since 1886 it was called the Braunschweig Hussar Regiment No. 17. The regiment also had the epithet "dead hussar," because a dead head with cracked bones and currency tape was worn on the headdress.
Round medal with bronze rim. On the edge of the front and back there is a circular circle of strokes. On top is a soldered eye with a ribbon ring.
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Downside:
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Obverse: 1909 Peninsula Medal
Reverse: Peninsula Medal 1909
Awards of World War II