Military Service Award (Liechtenstein)

The military service award was donated on August 17, 1847 by Prince Alois II von und zu Liechtenstein and awarded to non-commissioned officers and men of the armed forces of the Principality for honorable service in three classes.

• First class for twenty years of military service
• Second class for fifteen years of military service
• III. Class for ten years of military service

The award is a rectangular clasp made of metal, the first class gold-plated , the second class silver-plated and the III. Class is painted black. It shows the crowned coat of arms of Liechtenstein in the middle on a grained ground. On the right the initial of the founder A (Alois) and on the left the Roman numerals XX , XV or X corresponding to the years of service.

When Prince Johann II took office in 1858, the monogram changed from A to J (Johann). The clasp was worn on a red ribbon with white stripes on the left side of the chest. With the abolition of compulsory military service in 1868, the award was no longer awarded.

literature

• Karl Hermann von Heyden : Sign of honor (war memorial, merit and seniority sign) of the extinct and flourishing states of Germany and Austria-Hungary , Meiningen 1897

Web links

• Michael Autengruber: Orders, decorations and medals. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .