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 SCHWARZBURG-RUDOLSTADT. PRINCIPALITY.)

MILITARY DECORATION OF HONOUR.

It was founded in 1816 for the troops who participated in the campaigns of 1814 and 1815. It consists of a simple cross of dull or unpolished silver, placed upon an oaken wreath; the obverse shows the inscription: 'Schwarzburg's braven Kriegern für Deutschland's Befreiung ' (To Schwarzburg's brave warriors, for the liberation of Germany), and the reverse, the years '1814 and 1815.' It is worn suspended by a bright blue watered ribbon with white borders (Plate 83, No. 1).