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    At first I thought I had bought a Napoleonic noncom Prussian vet; the ebay picture was fuzzy (taken in @1880 in Philidelphia, PA., USA) and there's the color shift-but then I looked hard and he's not a Prussian. But I'm not unhappy, because I think he might be a Baden Napoleonic vet-or at least someone on the other side of the barricades in '48.

    What do you think?

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    It looks to me like a Prussian Napoleonic service medal (1815) and a Franco-Prussian War Medal. Is that even possible without the 1864 or 1866 medals and given his age? He looks to be in his 60's-70's. He would have to be much older for a napoleonic, say in his 80's (even if he was a young ensign then.) or 90's. I think he is wearing his medal and an ancestors medal. Since he is in the U.S. the regulations do not apply.

    Dan Murphy

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    I've been squinting and measuring and you are right!! he is prussian. there's a hint of a circle in medal #2, but in looking at it at an angle, magnified in sunlight one can see the cross arms.

    :beer:

    I'm buying everyone a beer!

    There's another ebay pic of a Napoleonic vet up for sale at the moment-I think most folks think it is a shooting medal.

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