German Awards - King Charles Silver Medal of Civil Merit

The Civil Merit Medals were first established on November 6, 1806 by King Frederick I in 2 classes, gold and silver. In 1818, civil merit medals were transformed by King William I and annexed to the Order of the Württemberg Crown. On the front of the medal is a portrait of William. The first form of medals had on the reverse crowned W in an oak-leafy wreath and correspondence - Fearless and faithful. Since 1825, the inscription "Merit" first appeared on the reverse. The medal stamps under Wilhelm were made by Johann Ludwig Wagner, medalist of the Royal Mint in Stuttgart, and from 1840 by Karl Friedrich Voigt, medalist of the Royal Bavarian Mint in Munich.
During the reign of King Charles in 1864, medalist K. Schnitzspan cut and minted new faces of the Civil Merit Medal. Christian Schnitzspahn was the director of the engraving school in Berlin until 1870. Subsequently, the court medalist in Darmstadt. They were awarded between 1864 and 1891. The shape and size, as well as the back, remained unchanged. There are medals with and without a punch under the neck section. Medals without stamp cutters are awarded by the end of the rental period, when new stamps replaced worn ones.

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

Front side:

In the
• center is a portrait of King Charles with a beard.
• On the edge of the inscription - KARL - KOENIG - VON - WÜTTEMBERG -
• With the aid of a male cutter this under the neck of the small section - C.SCHNITZSPAHN F. -
• The figure shows a medal without a punch.

Downside:

A dense
• oak-leafy wreath with a double loop is tied along the edge from below.
• In the included field, line 2 - DEM - MERIT -.

Tape:

dark red 35 mm wide, edging 1 mm, black side stripes 1.5 mm.