Langensalza Medal

Onno Klopp with awards, including the Langensalza Medal;
posthumous portrait by Wilhelmine von Vogelsang, after a photograph

The Langensalza Medal was donated on June 30, 1866 by King George V of Hanover and could be awarded to all soldiers who took part in the successful battle against Prussia on June 27, 1866.

The bronze medal shows the profile of the founder turned to the left. All around GEORG V v. G. G. KOENIG v. HANOVER . The three-line inscription LANGENSALZA 27 JUNE 1866 is surrounded by a laurel wreath on the reverse .

The award was worn on a white ribbon with yellow side stripes on the left chest.

literature

• Karl Hermann von Heyden : Marks of honor (war memorial, merit and seniority mark) of the extinct and prosperous states of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Meiningen 1897.
• The Prussian fell into the country . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1958 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Langensalza Medal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Illustration of the medal on ehrenzeichen-orden.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ v. G. G .: = by God's grace