Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Civil Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1814 Archive cotton bunting

cotton bunting

840 torchesproduced

This was the campaign which made him a household name in Britain

He was not a tall man

In silver wire thread

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A Rare Civil Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1814 Archive cotton bunting(Zivilverdienstmedaille) Instituted 1813. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the image of a castle turret with merlons, circumscribed by OLDENBURGS BRGER KRONE EIN GOTT EINE WAHRHEIT EIN RECHT (OLDENBURG'S CITIZENS CROWN A GOD A TRUTH A RIGht), the reverse bears the inscription DAS VATERLAND DEM SOHNE (THE FATHERLAND OF THE SON) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath with a ribbon tied at the top, measuring 37. 31 mm (w0 x 43.