Signalcorps45 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hello to everyone, I picked this up at recent show. Can anyone provide me with any background on this medal? Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Field Service Decoration (Felddienst-Auszeichnung). This was a general service or campaign medal, instituted in 1839 and awarded retroactively back to the Napoleonic Wars. Date bars could be worn on the ribbon to indicate campaign service. There were 18 bars: 1805 1806 1806-1807 1807 1808-1813 1809 1809-1810 1812 1813 1814 1814-1815 1815 1848 1849 1866 1870 1870-1871 1871 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signalcorps45 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Dave, You have helped out many times with information, I thank you. But why would someone have 1870-71, 1871, 1870 clasps on one bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 My guess: because they did not know beforehand for how long the war would continue. So they probably got the 1870 first, followed by the 1871 and concluded by the 70-71 for the entire war. But thats just me...I have no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signalcorps45 Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 David, Makes sense to me, thank you for your help. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saschaw Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I had the same recently, and must clearify: such a combination of metal bows was never worn officially, but rather put together by a collector. You could only have the "1870 - 71." or one of the two other "1870." and "1871." bows, or maybe both of the latter in strange cases, plus, of course, the "1866." to any of those combinations. But not all at once. Your medal, Dean, seems to be an early striking, with the spotty arranged letters in the reverse inscription. Such a medal would most likely have been awarded in 1839 to a veteran of the Napoleonic wars... See Volle, Henning. Die Orden und tragbaren Ehrenzeichen des Großherzogtums und der Republik Baden. Freiburg im Breisgau 2019. p. 389–408. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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