Government jubilee medal 1905 (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen)

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Government anniversary medal (obverse)
Government Jubilee Medal (Revers)

The Government Jubilee Medal 1905 was donated on July 17, 1905 by Prince Karl Günther von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on the occasion of his 25th anniversary in government.

Appearance

The badge of honor is a round medal made of matt silver . In the obverse on a smooth background it shows the donor's head facing to the right with the inscription KARL GÜNTHER FÜRST Z. SCHWARZB. SONDERSH. In the neck section a laurel branch on the left and an oak branch on the right. Both are connected with a loop. In the lapel on a smooth background, the crowned Schwarzburg lion walking to the left , holding a heraldic shield leaning at an angle in its paws . Under this representation there is a baroque sign with the inscription 25 YEARS. GOVERNMENT ANNIVERSARY 1880–17. JULY – 1905 .

Award

High Heads of State or Hofangestellte, Member of the were awarded parliament (Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen) , mayor and mayor , fire chief of the fire brigade , station manager , chairman of the trade , craft and agricultural chambers , active officers of the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment. 71 and Portépee NCOs from his 1st Battalion and citizens with a council title . The medal could also be awarded according to the Prince's personal resolution.

The design comes from Curt von Bloedau . The medals were delivered by jeweler Schlegelmilch in Arnstadt , where Bloedau was district administrator . The punch cutter was Paul Fliegner in Hanau . The ribbon (550 meters) was delivered by court jeweler Karl Schühle in Sondershausen . Ribbon and medal were then probably put together in the State Ministry. The medal was awarded with a certificate of ownership and was non-returnable. A total of 1,656 awards were made; eight copies served as replacements, six went to the Princely Court Marshal's Office and one to the files, so that a total print run of at least 1,671 copies can be assumed.

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literature

  • Jörg Nimmergut : German medals and decorations until 1945. Volume III: Saxony-Württemberg I. Central office for scientific religious orders . Munich 1999. ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2 . Pp. 1624-1625.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ehrenzeichen-orden.de
  2. ^ Acta of the Prince. Schwarzburg Ministry, I. Dept. of Sonderhausen, regarding the award of the commemorative medal on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Sr. Your Highness the Prince. Thuringian State Archives Sondershausen, No. 24, pp. 154–155.
  3. ↑ Jörg Nimmergut : German medals and decorations - Volume 3: Saxony-Württemberg I. Munich 1999. P. 1625
  4. ↑ Waldemar Edler von Hessenthal and Georg Schreiber: The portable decorations of the German Empire including the formerly independent German states as well as the Empire and the Federal State of Austria, the Free City of Danzig, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the decorations of the NSDAP. Berlin 1940. p. 509. No. 1892.
  5. ^ Heinz-Ludolf Klopsch: The government anniversary medal of the principality of Schwarzburg Sondershausen. In: Orden-Militaria-Magazin. 14th year (1995). No. 67. pp. 10-11.