Medal 1812
The 1812 medal , also called "In Memory of the War of 1812 " ( Russian Медаль «В память Отечественной войны 1812 года» ) was a Russian award. It was donated by Tsar Alexander I as a silver medal on February 5, 1813. From August 30, 1814, another bronze award was presented in the same image. The award was intended to honor those who participated in the liberation of the country from the Napoleonic invasion . Later women were also honored with the medal.
Order decoration
The silver decoration of the order was a medal that showed the eye of God in the middle on one side and the year 1812 on the lower edge. The other side of the decoration had a four-line biblical inscription in the middle of the motto of the order . All inscriptions in Cyrillic script.
On August 15, 1912, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary, Tsar Nicholas II renewed the wearing of the award.
Ribbon and way of wearing
Various ribbons were intended to be worn. Depending on the award, there was also a difference between fighters and civilians. In use were: blue ribbon and the ribbon of the Order of St. Vladimir.
Tapes
Lapel of the medal
Varia
An oversized medal adorns u. a. the tomb of the Russian major general Carl Friedrich von der Osten (1795–1878), in the Russian cemetery in Wiesbaden .
literature
- History of the royal German Legion: With 5 battle plans, a lithograph and several tables, North Ludlow Beamish, Verlag Hahn, Hanover 1837