Campaign of 1815, badge awarded to Prussian soldiers
Also known as: Veldtocht van 1815, draagteken uitgereikt aan de Pruissische soldaten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
Oval iron badge with suspension loop and ribbon consisting of a white horizontal stripe flanked on either side by a black and a yellow stripe. Obverse: in Gothic script: letters FW beneath a crown above inscription within legend. Reverse: radiant, four-armed cross, the centre shield of which is covered with an olive and oak branch tied into a wreath; within it: year. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-11-118; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 4.2 cm x width 2.6 cm x weight 6.47 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 4.2 cm x width 2.6 cm x weight 6.47 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.2 cm x width 2.6 cm x weight 6.47 g
Design
- Obverse
- in Gothic script: letters FW beneath a crown above inscription within legend.
- Reverse
- radiant, four-armed cross, the centre shield of which is covered with an olive and oak branch tied into a wreath; within it: year.
Identification
- Original title
- Veldtocht van 1815, draagteken uitgereikt aan de Pruissische soldaten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-11-118
- Museum classification
- draagteken
Catalogue references
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