Warrior Merit Medal (Prussia)

Military decoration of Prussian Army

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Warrior Merit Medal
Krieger-Verdienstmedaille

Warrior Merit Medal, 1872 version

Type| Military decoration
Awarded for| Military merit
Description| 25 millimeters diameter silver medal
Country| Prussia
Presented by| Prussia
Eligibility| Troops not in Prussian Army military service
Motto| Krieger Verdienst
Status| Obsolete
Established| 1835
First awarded| 1835
Last awarded| 1918

Original ribbon (1835-1872)

Combatant's ribbon (1872-1918)

Non-combatant's ribbon (1888-1918)

The Warrior Merit Medal (German: Krieger-Verdienstmedaille) was a military decoration of Prussia. Established by Friedrich Wilhelm III, it was primarily awarded to troops not in Prussian Army military service. The first recipients were members of the Imperial Guard grenadier company guarding the Russian imperial residence during Friedrich Whilhelm's visit to St. Petersburg in 1835.[1]

## Appearance

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Both versions of the medal are circular and silver, 25 mm in diameter. The first version depicts the crowned cypher of Friedrich Wilhelm III on the obverse of the medal. The reverse bears the inscription KRIEGER VERDIENST (Warrior Merit) surrounded by a wreath of two laurel sprigs, tied at its base with a bow. The medal is suspended by a ring suspension and hangs from the ribbon of the Order of the Red Eagle.[2]

The later version of the medal depicts the crowned cipher of King Wilhelm I on the obverse. The reverse is also inscribed KRIEGER VERDIENST and surrounded by a thicker laurel wreath than the early version. The medal is suspended by a ring suspension and hangs from the black with white stripes kämpferband (combatants ribbon) or the white with black stripe nichtkämpferband (non-combatants ribbon).[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "PRUSSIA. Warrior Merit Medal on combatant's ribbon (PREUSSEN. Krieger-Verdienst-Medaille am Kämpferband), 1888-1918 issue". Medal-medaille.com. 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
2. ^ "Krieger-Verdienstmedaille". DHM Objektdatenbank (in German). Deutsches Historisches Museum. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-21.

## External links

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* Friedrich Wilhelm III version of medal, Deutsches Historisches Museum.

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Orders, decorations and medals of Prussia

Orders|

* Order of the Black Eagle
* Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown
* Order of the Red Eagle
* Order of the Crown
* House Order of Hohenzollern
* Pour le Mérite
* Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
* Order of Louise
* Wilhelm-Orden

Military decorations|

* Iron Cross
* Kulm Cross
* Military Merit Cross
* Military Honor Medal
* Merit Cross for War Aid
* Warrior Merit Medal

Civil decorations|

* Lifesaving Medal
* General Honor Decoration
* Merit Cross
* Jerusalem Cross
* Cross of the Mount of Olives
* Red Cross Medal
* Ladies Merit Cross
* Cross of Merit for Women and Girls

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