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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1296

Germany, Hessen-Kassel, Campaign Merit Medal 1814-15, bronze, upon old combatants riband, traces of repair to suspension, very fine

The Medal was instituted by Elector (Kurfürst) Wilhelm II on 14 March 1821 for all Kurhessian 'warriors and subjects who in the years 1814 and 1815 served in the field under the fatherland's colours, crossed the Rhine and returned without committing any dishonourable or criminal acts' ('Krieger und Untertanen, welche in den Jahren 1814 und 1815 unter den vaterländischen Fahnen ins Feld gerückt sind, den Rhein passiert und sich keines entehrenden Verbrechens schuldig gemacht haben').

It is made from captured French cannon and awarded to Kurhessian soldiers who were part of the Allied forces that defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.


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