Two Commemorative Medals

[Marcus66]

Though I would post a pic of these two recent aquisitions:

Oldenburg Infantrie Rgt 91 Commemorative Medal & Braunschweig Infantrie Rgt 92 Commemorative Medal.  Love the history attached to pieces such as these.

 

Marcus

 

 

 

 

[VtwinVince]

I agree, these regimental medals are underappreciated and interesting to collect.

[Marcus66]

Some very interesting information from OMSA.org regarding the Brunswick Infantry Regiment 92 Commemorative Medal posted above.

 

”On December 16, 1895, the 92nd Infantry Regiment celebrated the 25th anniversary of the capture of a French artillery battery at Vendome. The celebration had 1350 veterans from the 1870/71 campaign in attendance. Awards of the House Order of Henry the Lion were presented to the veterans (5 Commanders crosses, 7 Knight Crosses 1st Class, 11 Knight Crosses 2nd Class and 8 Merit Crosses 2nd Class.) In the active regiment, there were 26 promotions to Corporal (Unteroffizier) and 89 promotions to Private First Class (Gefreiter). All veterans who took part in the Vendome celebration were issued a commemorative medal on a blue and yellow ribbon with oak leaves. Figure 10 shows such a medal without the oak leaves, but on its original blue and yellow ribbon. The obverse shows the cipher of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. The reverse (Figure 11) is inscribed: "Das Braunschweigische Infanterie Regiment No. 92 seinen Veteranen des Kreiges 1870/71 nach 25 Jahren, 16 Dezember 1895" (The Brunswick Infantry Regiment Number 92 to its Veterans of the 1870/71 War, 25 Years later, 16 December 1895)”

 

Article first appeared in the JOMSA Issue Vol 43 January/February 1992  Pages 22-24

 

 

 

[91-old-inf-reg]

Here’s a couple of photos of Hptm. von set Hellen and others with both the 1921 memorial medal and the 1913 medal:

 

Christophe