Military Memorial Medal from 1849 (Baden)

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The military commemorative medal from 1849 was donated by Grand Duke Leopold von Baden on August 29, 1849 , as a grateful recognition of the services of foreign troops in the suppression of the Baden Revolution .

The bronze medal shows the inscription THE BRAVE LIBERATION ARMY 1849 in a laurel wreath . All around LEOPOLD GRAND DUKE OF BADEN . On the back a bare sword , which is entwined by two palm branches.

The award was worn on a yellow ribbon with green interrupted side stripes on the left chest or through the buttonhole.

literature

  • Government Gazette 1849 No.LXVI, page 533
  • Ordinance sheet of the Grand Ducal War Ministry 1849 No. VI, page 102