Schleswig-Holstein, State. A Commemorative Cross For The Schleswig-Holstein Army For The War Years 1848 To 1849 Buy Now trimmed on all four sides

trimmed on all four sides with a strip of fine silver threading stitched in place via white threading

1946 until March 30

Date of item: 1929

Vaterland” (German - God

Allied casualties exceeded eighty thousand men but Austro-Hungarian losses were larger still and they were never again able to mount a major offensive

Schleswig-Holstein, State. A Commemorative Cross For The Schleswig-Holstein Army For The War Years 1848 To 1849 Buy Now trimmed on all four sides(Erinnerungskreuz fr die schleswig holsteinische Armee). A blackened iron cross patte, the obverse with a circular central medallion bearing the arms of Schleswig (left), being two lions passant and Holstein (right), being a nettle leaf, the left and right arms bearing the dates 1848 and 1849 respectively, the reverse plain, measuring 28 mm (w) x 33 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original blue white red ribbon, and in overall very fine