Imperial Germany - Prussia: Koniggratz Cross
for participation in the respective battle (also
known as battle of Sadowa).
On single bar.
Made of bronze of captured Austrian cannons.
The medal was instituted by King Wilhelm I in
1866 following the victory of the Prussian
Coallition in the War against Austria and its
German allies.
The war was fought between the German
Confederation under the leadership of the
Austrian Empire and its German allies on
one side (Bavaria, Saxony, Wurttemberg
etc) and the Kingdom of Prussia with
its German allies (Mecklenburg, Oldenburg,
Anhalt, Brunswick, Hanseatic Cities etc)
and Italy on the other.
The War resulted in Prussian dominance over
the German states.
In the Italian unification process, this is called
the Third Independence War.
FULL SIZE
1866 German Civil War
Item 100% original - original ribbon
Condition as on the photos
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