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362 b. For the victory of La Fère Champenoise, with the inscription: 'Für den Sieg am 25 Marz, 1814.' All the other contents are the same as given in a (Tab. III. No. 11).

c. For Paris, with the inscription: 'Für Paris, den 30 Marz, 1814.' The reveree is the same as in a (Tab. III. No. 12).

These three medals were bestowed, in gold, upon the officers who participated in the respective campaigns, and in silver upon' sub-officers and men who had distinguished themselves in them. They are worn at the button-hole by a poppy coloured ribbon.

8. The same King instituted also on the 3rd July, 1815, a Decoration of Honour for the Campaign of 1815, consisting of a gold cross (No. 13), of a silver cross, and of a silver medal.

The gold cross was distributed as a reward for distinction amongst superior officers, the silver cross, similarly formed, amongst subaltern officers, and the medal (in the form of the Military Medal of Merit) amongst sub-officers and privates. All the three classes wear the decoration by a tricoloured ribbon, red, yellow, and black.