Imperial Germany - Prussia: Commemorative
Cross for "Loyal Combatants" (Treuen Kriegern)
of the German Civil War in 1866.
Made of bronze of captured Austrian cannons.
The medal was instituted by King Wilhelm I in
1866 following the victory of the Prussian
Coalition in the War against Austria and its
German allies.
It was awarded to combatants, members of the
Prussian Armed forces that were neither present
in the Battle of Koniggratz, nor were part of the
Army of the River Main.
The war was fought between the German Confe-
deration 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
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