Germany, Schleswig-Holstein. A Cross For The Schleswig-Holstein Army For The War Years 1848-1849 Newly Listed and an ornately decorated white

and an ornately decorated white ring of enamels and a stylized motto of “VIRIBUS UNITIS” (“Union is Strength”)

His last message was sent on December 16

The scabbard in copper with a brass-coloured gilt

loose red thread in left side stripe

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Germany, Schleswig-Holstein. A Cross For The Schleswig-Holstein Army For The War Years 1848-1849 Newly Listed and an ornately decorated white(Erinnerungskreuz fr die schleswig holsteinische Armee an die Kriegsjahre 1848 1849, Eisen geschwrzt). Instituted in 1850. In blackened iron, magnetic, measuring 28. 8 mm (w) x 28. 5 mm (h), very light contact, replacement ribbon, near extremely fine.