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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 geschwà¤rzt;
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 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.
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