Medal for the guards

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The fire service medal - or medal for the guards - was an award for the fire brigade of the Papal States . The founder was Pope Gregory XVI. in 1836.

history

The award was donated on June 12, 1836 as a public sign of recognition for the good maneuvering process of the papal fire brigade corps . Here the Pope was personally present as an observer. Pope Pius IX donated a similar bronze medal on April 25, 1847 .

Order decoration

The order decoration showed the portrait of Pope Gregory XVI on the obverse . and the inscription Gregorius XVI. Pont. Max. A. VI. ; the back bore the date 12th July 1836 in the middle , which was surrounded by an oak and olive wreath .

The ribbon is said to have been bordered in yellow and white. The medal (also) exists without a ribbon.

literature

• Hermann Schulze-Gävernitz: Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations, which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations, Volume 1, Moeser and Kühn, Berlin 1853, p. 1149 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources. Edited by the Institut historique et hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 26.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources ( DE ). Institut historique et hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 26.
2. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Schulze-Gävernitz: Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations: compiled from authentic sources ( DE ). Moeser and Kühn, Berlin 1853, p. 1149.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Vigili del Fuoco -Bo74-75 (Medaglia) ( IT ) In: numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it . Retrieved September 11, 2019.