Field Service Medal, 1839-1871

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SKU: 02.BAD.0102.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$55 USD

Estimated market value:

$55 USD

Attributes

Country

Germany
Composition

Gunmetal
Inscription

Obv: FÜR BADENS EHRE Rev: LEOPOLD FÜR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE
Size

30-31mm
Image Licensing

This image is attributed to “Abbildungen zur chronic sämtlicher Ritter Orden und Ehrenzeichen Souveraine and Regerungen, Seiner Majestat dem Konige Von Presussen Freiderich Wilhelm IV gewidmet von H. Schulze, Lieutenant in der Landwehr Artillerie”, published in 1835 in Berlin. It is in the public domain in all countries where the copyright is the author’s term of life plus 70 years.

History

The Field Service Medal was instituted by Grand Duke Leopold on January 27, 1839, and it was conferred upon military personnel from Baden, who had previously participated in a military campaign. The award was awarded to Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, enlisted ranks, and military personnel. The Medal was retrospectively awarded for campaigns dating as far back as the Napoleonic Wars of 1805.

In 1866, the Grand Duke ordered that clasps, which denoted the campaign concerned, be created for wear on the ribbon. The ribbon may feature clasp reading, "1805.", "1806.", "1806-1807.", "1807.", "1809", "1809-1810", "1812.", "1808-1813.", "1813.", "1814.", "1814-1815.", "1815.", "1848.", "1849.", "1866.", "1866-", "1870.", "1870-1871.", "1871".

The medals were produced out of oxidised copper bronze until 1866 and afterwards, they were produced out of copper.

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