Pre-WW1 Medals

The Hohenzollern Commemorative Medal for Combatants 1848-1849

The Hohenzollern Commemorative Medal for 1848-1849 Campaign was instituted by the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm IV on August 23, 1851  in association with the House Order of Hohenzollern. It was awarded to those officers and soldiers who remained loyal during the rebellions of 1848 and 1849.

A Hohenzollernsche Denkmünze für 1848-1849 was also awarded to Prussian troops for battles in Denmark in 1849 during the First Schleswig War.

The Prussian army played a crucial role in suppressing not only the rebellions in Prussia but also in Baden and Saxony. Nonetheless, Prussia became a constitutional state in 1849.

The Hohenzollern Commemorative Medal Design

The Hohenzollern Commemorative Medal is made of circular gilt bronze with a laterally-pierced ribbed loop for ribbon suspension. The obverse shows the face with the image of the cross pattée alisée of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern and in the reverse is inscribed ‘FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV’ with the dates ‘1848’ and ‘1849’ above and below parallel lines and a circumscribed ‘SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN’ (His warrior loyal unto death).

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