GERMANY, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. COMMEMORATIVE CROSS FOR THE ARMY FOR THE WAR YEARS 1848-1849
Germany. Schleswig-Holstein. Commemorative Cross for the Schleswig-Holstein Army for the War Years 1848, 1849, blackened iron;
Erinnerungskreuz für die schleswig-holsteinische Armee an die Kriegsjahre 1848-1849, Eisen geschwärzt;
The Cross was instituted by the Provisional Government of Schleswig Holstein at Kiel on 2 July 1850 to be awarded to the army for the war with Denmark of 1848-1849. It was cast from the iron cannon of the Danish ship of the line Christian VIII, destroyed by German bombardment
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£250 - £450
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£130 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
at Eckernförde
in April 1849.
In March 1848,
the Germans of Schleswig-Holstein staged an armed uprising with the aim of
establishing an independent state. The Schleswig-Holstein army consisted at
this time of approximately 400 volunteers under Prince von Noer, the garrison
of the Fortress of Rendsburg and about 2,500 volunteers from all over Germany
who joined the fight against Danish rule.
The Medal is rare.
