Butt ugly, but....

[Tom Y]

Full of class. On 2 July 1850 the provisional government of Schleswig-Holstein instituted the Errinerungkreuz an die schleswig-holsteinische Armee, 1848-1849 It was wrought from the guns of the Danish line ship Christian VIII, captured (sunk?) at Eckernf?rde on 5 April 1849. I won't go into the Danish situation at this time, as not even Bismarck understood it

[Tom Y]

Here's a better view of the obverse, showing the arms of Schleswig-Holstein.

[Great Dane]

A nice cross with a lot of history behind it.

An interesting detail:

When the Danish provinces (backed by Prussia) started the rebellion against Denmark in 1848, many Danish soldiers stationed there joined the 'insurgents'. After the Prussian defeat in 1850, a general amnesty was granted to the Danish soldiers (NCOs and lower ranks and officers who had joined after March 1848) and they could continue their old army service in the Danish Army.

But even more surprising: The time they had spent in the insurgent army also counted as service time (and thus counted with respect to salary, promotion etc.), although it did not count when calculating LSGC medal eligibility!

/Mike

Edited November 25, 2006 by Great Dane

[Ed_Haynes]

Really, a very lovely piece of history. It isn't the "things", it is the history, after all!

Thanks for sharing!

[Tom Y]

Another bit of Schleswig-Holstein history.

[Tom Y]

Note that, while printed in German, it was issued under the aegis of ChristianVII of Denmark. Six pages in all. I'll post the rest if anyone's interested.

[Riley1965]

WOW!!! You just have to LOVE the history behind these medals. Most interesting!!!

Doc

[David Gregory]

Note that, while printed in German, it was issued under the aegis of ChristianVII of Denmark. Six pages in all. I'll post the rest if anyone's interested.

Excellent stuff! More please.

TIA David

[Tom Y]

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[Tom Y]

And a Patent for the annual troop levy.

[Tom Y]

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[David Gregory]

Tom,

Great stuff! It is amazing to see how language evolves.

The wording and idioms of the text are easy to understand, but nobody (except perhaps for a conservative lawyer or lawmaker) uses German like this today.

Thanks for showing the rest.

David