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Hannoverská commemorative medal for the battle of Langensalzy Langensalza-Medaille (Kriegsdenkmünze 1866)
Commander of the Hanoverian army was lieutenant general Alexander von Arentschild. The army had a total of:
20 battalions of infantry 24 eskadron drive 41 works The total number of soldiers in the field is placed in the number of 16-17 000 men.
Medal founded by the last hannoverský king George In. as a reminder, the members of the hanover troops, that got a great victory in the battle of Langensalzy 27. July 1866 over the prussian corps led by major general Fliesem. Units of the hanoverian army, however, even here they had to in the end before the prussian outright surrender.
Description of the decoration:
AVERS: The head of George the king of Hanover looking to the right. Around the copy: GEORG IN v. G .G. KOENIG v. HANNOVER
At the bottom is the name of the author (medal designer JAUNER). The edges of the medal are mutually increased.
REVERSE: In the middle of the medal's plain inscription: LANGENSALZA / 27. JUNI / 1866.
The inscription is surrounded by a laurel wreath of "Victory".
In the upper part of the medal is a relatively weak handle, with hanging ring. Typical hannoverská ribbon white-yellow-white-yellow-white (see picture).
Literature: Václav Měřička: Memorial decorations from the War in 1866. Prague, 1966.
Německá spona s medailí Langensalza 1866
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