Circular bronze medal on original swivel bar suspension; the face with the head of King Frederik VII facing right, circumscribed ‘FREDERIK VII KONGE AF DANMARK’ (Frederik VII King of Denmark) and signed ‘ALPHEE DUBOIS’; the reverse with the dates ‘1848-1850’ circumscribed ‘FOR DELTAGELSE I KRIGEN’ (Condolences in War); on original ribbon. The medal was instituted on 26 June 1875 by King Christian IX at the suggestion of the veterans of the war. Some 46,000 examples were struck in Paris and distributed in 1877 to all participants then still living. In March 1848, the Germans of Schleswig-Holstein staged an armed uprising with the aim of establishing an independent state. The King of Denmark was Duke of both Duchies and the Danish army intervened. German states, with Prussia prominent, supported the uprising and war continued for three years with Prussia eventually yielding to pressure from the Great Powers. A good example.
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