Alfonso XII Campaign Medal

[Yankee]

Greetings

Can anybody provide a list of named bars that were awarded on the 1875 medal of Alfonso XII also a

list to the Civil War medal of 1873-1874. Thanks in advance

Estella, Junquera, Monte-Jura, Santa Barbara, Oria, Pamplona, Cantavieja, Miravalles, Eigueta, Trevino, PenaPlata. All I came up with.

Sincerely

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[Antonio Prieto]

For the Medal of Alfonso XII (date of creation and inscription)

8.9.1875: Pamplona, Cantavieja, Treviño y Seo de Urgel

31.12.1875: Miravalles

27.3.1876: Oria y Elgueta

8.4.1876: Olot, Junquera, Peña-Plata, Vera, Santa Bárbara y Estella

13.6.1876: Guetaria y Cantabria

30.4.1880: Esquinza-Oteiza y Líneas de Orio

For the Civil War Medal of 1873-1874 (date of creation and inscription)

13.6.1876: Sevilla, Valencia, Cartagena, Velavieta, Muru, Puente de Guardiola, Castellar de Nuch, San Marcos y San Marcial, Hernani e Irún.

24.12.1878: Cantabria, Cádiz y Mediterráneo.

11.10.1879: Cantabria y Carraca (for the Navy).

15.3.1881: Sarriá.

10.12.1892: Arés de Maestre.

Also please see:

http://coleccionesmilitares.com/medallas/texto/ma12.htm

and

http://coleccionesmilitares.com/medallas/texto/mgc7374.htm

Edited July 27, 2013 by Antonio Prieto

[Antonio Prieto]

Some bars for the Medal of Alfonso XII

[Yankee]

For the Medal of Alfonso XII (date of creation and inscription)

8.9.1875: Pamplona, Cantavieja, Treviño y Seo de Urgel

31.12.1875: Miravalles

27.3.1876: Oria y Elgueta

8.4.1876: Olot, Junquera, Peña-Plata, Vera, Santa Bárbara y Estella

13.6.1876: Guetaria y Cantabria

30.4.1880: Esquinza-Oteiza y Líneas de Orio

For the Civil War Medal of 1873-1874 (date of creation and inscription)

13.6.1876: Sevilla, Valencia, Cartagena, Velavieta, Muru, Puente de Guardiola, Castellar de Nuch, San Marcos y San Marcial, Hernani e Irún.

24.12.1878: Cantabria, Cádiz y Mediterráneo.

11.10.1879: Cantabria y Carraca (for the Navy).

15.3.1881: Sarriá.

10.12.1892: Arés de Maestre.

Also please see:

http://coleccionesmilitares.com/medallas/texto/ma12.htm

and

http://coleccionesmilitares.com/medallas/texto/mgc7374.htm

Thanks ever so much for providing a list of bars for each medal. Both medals are very similar in design and the reverse on both have the same dedication. What was the criteria of awarding the medals and how did it differ from each other? Was thinking perhaps it was the awarding of the campaign bars that would be the deciding factor which medal the recipient was to receive.I read that the medals were given to all who participated in the conflict however the medals are not common to support such a belief especially the medal for the Civil War 1873-1874. What would be the most bars a soldier could receive? The scan that you provided illustrates 13 bars is for show or somebody had that combination. Great web site!!!

Sincerely

Yankee

[Antonio Prieto]

The medal of Alphonse XII will be of silver and or white metal, circular of 35 millimeters of diameter, with a button in the top part for which a long ring for the ribbon. In the obverse the bust of the King Alphonse XII and around the following inscription: ALFONSO XII, A LOS EJÉRCITOS EN OPERACIONES (ALFONSO XIIth, TO THE ARMIES IN OPERATIONS). In the back it will have a circular border of laurel, witha royal crown and in the center in three horizontal lines it will be read: VALOR, DISCIPLINA, LEALTAD (VALUE, DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY). The ribbn is yellow, with two red vertical lists, of 5 millimeters of width each one, equidistant other 5 millimeters of the edges

The culminating facts of the campaign will be represented by bars in which the name of the fact will register, saving itself the Government the faculty to determine the battles, sites of squares or operations that by his importance deserve to be recorded in the bar

To have right to the use of the medal, it will be necessary to go a year of operations or of garrison in strong squares, etc., nailed in territory of the war, at the head of the enemy, counting from January 1, 1875 .To have been injured. To go six months of operations or harness of the expressed form, having been present in addition at three actions of war.

Edited July 28, 2013 by Antonio Prieto

[Yankee]

The medal of Alphonse XII will be of silver and or white metal, circular of 35 millimeters of diameter, with a button in the top part for which a long ring for the ribbon. In the obverse the bust of the King Alphonse XII and around the following inscription: ALFONSO XII, A LOS EJÉRCITOS EN OPERACIONES (ALFONSO XIIth, TO THE ARMIES IN OPERATIONS). In the back it will have a circular border of laurel, witha royal crown and in the center in three horizontal lines it will be read: VALOR, DISCIPLINA, LEALTAD (VALUE, DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY). The ribbn is yellow, with two red vertical lists, of 5 millimeters of width each one, equidistant other 5 millimeters of the edges

The culminating facts of the campaign will be represented by bars in which the name of the fact will register, saving itself the Government the faculty to determine the battles, sites of squares or operations that by his importance deserve to be recorded in the bar

To have right to the use of the medal, it will be necessary to go a year of operations or of garrison in strong squares, etc., nailed in territory of the war, at the head of the enemy, counting from January 1, 1875 .To have been injured. To go six months of operations or harness of the expressed form, having been present in addition at three actions of war.

That is really great you were able to provide the info in detail what one had to do to receive the medal and that it was the individual soldier to determine which battle clasps he was to receive and right to wear. Thanks for that great information.

Sincerely

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