Commemorative medal for the volunteers from Limburg Province
The commemorative medal for the volunteers from the province of Limburg was donated by Emperor Leopold II in 1790 and was intended to honor those who died during the uprising in the same year in the province of Limburg, which was then part of Austria, and in the war against France in 1792 / 93 fought.
For officers , the circular medal of gold for officers and crews of silver . It shows the profile of the founder, facing to the right, with the inscription LEOPOLDVS · II · AVG · DVX · LIMBVRGI · (Emperor Leopold II, Duke of Limburg ). Formed on the reverse by a wreath of laurel and oak leaves , the six-line inscription FIDIS · FORTIBVSQVE · VOLVNTARIIS · LIMBVGENSIBVS · PALMA · MDCCXC · (The loyal and brave Limburg volunteers the palm 1790).
The award was worn on a ponceau-red ribbon with two cornflower-blue side stripes through the buttonhole or on the left breast.
literature
- Johann Stolzer / Christian Steeb Austria's Order from the Middle Ages to the Present , Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Graz, ISBN 3-201-01649-7