Válečná medaile pro dobrovolníky 1814 [1814]

Frankfurt on the Main, rich free city, which until 1806 was a free city till the year 1813 grand duchy of Luxembourg. From the year 1813 again a free city, that my freedom is losing after 1866 .

The city the Senate, by its decision of 5. of July in the year 1814 for volunteers, who are up in arms participated in the fights against the France based :

Gold and Silver Commemorative war medal for the partition of volunteers from the years 1814. Total was granted :

- Medals minted in gold 4 pcs
- Medals minted in silver was granted 373 pcs

Medallist of this medal was Fr. Chr. Matthiä .


DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL :

The medal has a diameter of 35 mm. Gold medal in weight of 20.5 g, silver medal 15 g .

AVERS:
On the desktop of the medals is placed the so-called frankfurt an eagle with jetelovými tickets to open wings with the letter "F" on the chest. an elevated mural crown. Under this then we can see the copy :

With.P.Q.F. - ( Senatus Populus Que Francofurtanus ).

In the annulus, between the two circular lines is the inscription:

GOTT SPRACH ES WERDE LICHT UND ES WARD LICHT – ( the Senate and the people, who got rid of the French - God said to be light and there was light ) .

REVERSE:
On the reverse side is the inscription decomposed in four 5ádcích :

FÜR DEUTSCHLAND BEFREIUNG / 1813-1814 - ( For the liberation of Germany 1813-1814 ) .

Outside the circle is the inscription :

SCHAAR DER FEEIWILLIGEN VON FRANKFURT AM MAIN – ( Section of volunteers from the Frankfurt am Main ) .

RIBBON :
Ribbon is a wide 35 mm, red with two white, 6 mm wide side stripes. Ribbon has a 3 mm white central stripe.

Literature :
Václav Měřička : Commemorative and merit medal 1789-1815.

Note :
Description of the medals is processed according to the In. Měřičky ..

Frankfurt.

War Commemorative medal for the officers and men of the perimeter of the city in 1815.
Kriegsdenkmünze für Offiziere und Mannschaften 1815.

From the decision of the city council was this medal based on 30. January 1816 founded. The medal had two grades:

Gold medals
Medal silver

The city council thus wanted to reward their loyal citizens, who were as volunteers involved in the wars of liberation, and fought in the ranks of the units of the city of Frankfurt and has participated in the campaign in 1815.

Here above all it was the participation in the battle of Selzu (26. June 1815) and the siege of the city of Strasbourg on 29. June – 22. July 1815.

Gold and silver medal has a diameter of 34 mm. Gold weighs 6 ducats and silver medals weighing 14 g.

STATISTICS:
It was granted to a total of 340 medals of silver.
This gold medal was secured on the standard and is to this day preserved and stored in the city museum of the city of Frankfurt, another award of gold to us is not known.

DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL:

Avers:
The front side of the medal is simple. There is only a city the eagle, which is overtopped by the castle crown. The eagle has a chest plate with the letter "F".

Reverse:
On the back is in the area of medals pětiřádkový inscription:

FRANKFURTS / STREITERN / IM / BUNDE ú 1815 – (Frankfurt militants in hr 1815)

The medals are in most case worn by the likes of a decorated, that you alone decided what is and what is not the front page .- see the picture of the buckle of a brave soldier.

Ribbon :
The first edition of ribbons – 35 mm wide with two white stripes. Later, however, the medal he wears on a ribbon is the red, but with five white stripes.

Literature is mentioned in the introductory part..

Frankfurt am Main was a free and wealthy city that was able to reward its loyal subjects for fighting the enemy. Another interesting decoration is:
The Cross of Honour for officers of the rank and file from 1814.
Ehrenkreuz für die Offiziere der Linie 1814
It was the Governor of Frankfurt who, on 22 October 1814, instituted this cross for the officers of the line, as an honorary reminder of battles seemingly past. The crosses appear in several variations, their diameter varying between 37-39 mm (dorazby and private, improved mintage).
Description of the cross:
It is a footed cross stamped in lighter base metal (bronze ?). The edge of the cross is raised on both sides and the inner surfaces of the decoration are black lacquered. The letters in the surface of the cross stand out. In the centre of the cross is an oval medallion with a two-line inscription : DEUTSCH / LAND. On the surface of the arms of the cross, as a tribute to the Allies, are the initials:
FR (Emperor Franz II of Austria) - FRANZ
AL (Tsar Alexander I of Russia) ALEXANDER
FW (Prussian King Frederick William II) - FRIEDRICH WILHELM
On the lower arm of the cross is the year 1814.
Reverse:
In the central oval medallion are the letters : H XIII RG - (HEINRICH XII REUSS-GREIZ)
Only 100 pieces of the cross have been awarded. The founder himself wore the cross as a necklace decoration. This exception was also granted to the commander of the Frankfurt Battalion, who was Lieutenant Colonel SCHILLER.
STUHA:
The ribbon honors the colors of the Allies. It is 40 mm wide and consists of three equally wide stripes. The stripes are black, golden yellow and orange-yellow. It is the color of the Allied flags of Austria, Prussia and Russia.
The pictures are taken from the offer catalogues, but the originality cannot be guaranteed. The cross represented by "H" is clearly an improved cross stamped very late for the use of an officer who did not want to settle for an "ordinary" cross stamped in base metal.
Literature:
Jörg Nimmergut: Orden und Ehrezaichen