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Is it like a challenge coin?
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After Waterloo Neuchâtel (Neufchàtel) became a part of the German Confederation. In 1831 Republican sentiment ran high and a mob attacked the castle. Freidrich Wilhelm III sent in troops and restored order by December of that year. A small (25mm) medal was designed by Professor François Henri Brandt, a native of the canton, and awarded to "those who participated in the military operations and took up arms against the rebels in the year 1831 and maintained order in their communities." Only 7,006 were struck. The arms on the obverse are those of the canton and the reverse bears the motto "Fidelite au devoir et a la patrie" and "FGIII" for Frédéric Guillaume III (Freidrich Wilhelm III).
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The usual vets' associations were formed with their distinctive decorations. The Deutscher-Kolonial-Krieger-Band issued this Löwen Orden in bronze, in silver as a pin back, and gold, silver, and bronze as table medals. and the Weimar government came up with this Elefant Orden, 8,000 of which were awardedhttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2010/post-252-12752250279.jpg.
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My key chain sports one too. Back in the late fifties-early sixties every surplus store had a box of them on the counter and you could help yourself.
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Austria-Hungary 2 little new items for my collection
Tom Y replied to trakkles's topic in Austro-Hungarian Empire
That looks very much like the silver mark of Georg Adam Scheid. -
Here's a recent arrival at Chez Madman. A nice Colonial bar. We'll never know whose it was, but we can pin the dates of his service down exactly. With no Centenärmedaile he had to have joined after 1897, but with the 15 year LD and no WWI gongs he was either out or started a new bar for the war. A 15 year span would make it 1898 to 1913.
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Austria-Hungary 2 little new items for my collection
Tom Y replied to trakkles's topic in Austro-Hungarian Empire
Beautiful piece. The Austrian enameled orders are some of the finest. The star, or asterisk, was normally used to denote gilt bronze.