Preussen Kriegsdenkmünze für Kämpfer 1814 (runde Kreuzarme)

In a very good condition a Prussian war merit medal for fighters 1814 (Round cross arms)

Ribbon is new!

This war memorial was donated on December 24, 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Together with this medal, the medal was donated for 1813 and 1813/14. The medal for 1815 was not donated until October 30, 1815. This award was given to those fighters who took part in the war of liberation against Napoleon in 1814 and who really fought. The prerequisite was faithful service and no crime or excess during the fighting. In addition to the Iron Cross that individual fighters received for service in combat, Friedrich Wilhelm III also wanted to donate a memorial to all others who contributed to the fight against the occupiers. Delinquent soldiers and suicides were deprived of the war memorial and confiscated. After the death of the bearer, the medals should be handed over to the responsible parish and lists of names should be made.
Medals with round cross arms were made (so-called Parisian manufacture) and medals with sharp-edged cross arms (so-called Berlin manufacture). The medals with sharp-edged cross arms are regarded as later productions because no medals 1815 with round cross arms are known. There are also differences in the material properties. Medals with the dates 1813, 1814 and 1813/1814 with sharp-edged cross arms are also referred to as replacement pieces or reproductions (assumed production around 1815).

Round medal with a raised rim, made from captured gun bronze. Above a soldered 2-fold grooved eyelet with band ring. Embossed on the edge of the medal: - AUS - CONQUERED - PROTECTED -.

Front:

In the middle a tied wreath left laurel leaves, right oak leaves a ribbon below, in the surrounding middle field the number - 1814 -.
Starting from the wreath, four cross arms vertically 2 and horizontally 2 (here up to the edge).
Rays emerging between the arms of the cross.
Back:

Delimited by a small line, a ring on the edge with the inscription (in fracture):
- God - was - with - us, - Him - sey - the - honor! -
Above in the middle the Prussian royal crown, below the letters - F - W -.
Including the writing - Prussia - brave - warriors -.
Tape:

36 mm wide, black edges, side stripes each 4 mm white / black, central stripe yellow 12 mm

Code: 50520