The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . overedby a civic crown. The officers fasten it on the left breast,while the sub-officers and privates wear it suspended by anorange coloured watered ribbon. It is conferred on those whohave served, irreproachably, in the National Guard for fifteenyears. Active service out of the town of domicile, counts double. LIPPE-SCHAUMBURG (PRINCIPALITY.) The Military Medal, (Plate 48, Nos. 5 and 6), wasfounded by Prince George William on the 15th November,1831, as a reward for the officers and soldiers who have par-taken in t
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . overedby a civic crown. The officers fasten it on the left breast,while the sub-officers and privates wear it suspended by anorange coloured watered ribbon. It is conferred on those whohave served, irreproachably, in the National Guard for fifteenyears. Active service out of the town of domicile, counts double. LIPPE-SCHAUMBURG (PRINCIPALITY.) The Military Medal, (Plate 48, Nos. 5 and 6), wasfounded by Prince George William on the 15th November,1831, as a reward for the officers and soldiers who have par-taken in the campaigns since 1808, and loyally served thePrince and the State. The medal is of silver with the effigyand the usual legend (the name of the founder) on the front,and the words : Fiir Tapferkeit und Treue (For valour andloyalty), surrounded by a laurel and an oak branch on thereverse. It is worn at the button-hole suspended by a blue ribbonwith white borders. The medal remains in the family after thedeath of the owner. MPPK UETMOLI) k LI PPE-SC II A L U Bl K G. PLATE
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