military awards of the napoleonic wars

  1. Hessian Order "Pour la Vertu Militaire" from Ex Robert McNamara Collection

    See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/hessian-order-pour-la-vertu-militaire-awarded-to-count-pavel-stroganov-in-1815.28212/ Gold, enamel. Enamel restoration. Monogram "WK", which was used after Landgrave Wilhelm IX was granted the title of Elector of Hesse in 1803, has been added.
  2. 1st class Saint Anna Order document issued in 1813 to Field Marshal Lieutenant Anton Freiherr von Reisner for the Battle of Leipzig

    "To the Imperial Royal Austrian Sir General Field Marshal Lieutenant Reisner/Императорско Королевско Австрийскому Господину Генералъ Фельдмаршалъ Лейтенанту Рейснеру". "In recognition of our gratitude for the merits and bravery with which you distinguished yourself in the battle on the 4th...
  3. Hessian Order "Pour la Vertu Militaire" awarded to Count Pavel Stroganov in 1815

    Awarded on May 26, 1815 to Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov https://asiamedals.info/threads/3rd-class-st-george-order-awarded-to-count-pavel-stroganov-in-1807.25638 Pour la vertu militaire /For Military Virtue/ was a military order of merit established on 25 February 1769 by Frederick II...
  4. Orders of Saint Vladimir from "Epoch of Napoleonic Wars" made by Unidentified Workshops

    Orders of St. Vladimir for the Battle of Waterloo https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-vladimir-for-the-battle-of-waterloo.28211/ The term "Epoch of Napoleonic Wars" should not be taken literally /i.e. as period 1806-1815/. We use this term because of its popularity among collectors in...
  5. Grand Cross of Virtuti Militari Order (and other awards) of the Marshal of the French Empire Louis-Nicolas Davout

    Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout was awarded with a Grand Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari on April 17, 1809. Grand cross of the order of Virtuti Militari was awarded only twice under the 1st Empire, the first time to Prince Poniatowsky (who had just reestablished the order) and a...
  6. 3rd class Order of Virtuti Militari awarded for the Battle of Smolensk in 1812 to General Franciszek Morawski

    General thread https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st...-in-1829-to-general-franciszek-morawski.27349 Gold, enamel. Size 39.9 mm. Weight 15.63 g. Collection of National Museum in Szczecin.
  7. Order of Saint Anne breast star from the epoch of Napoleonic Wars

    Excellent early specimen from the collection of State Historical Museum in Moscow. Before 1930 in the collection of Military History Museum. Silver, gold, gilt, enamel. Size 100х100 mm. Weight 99.8 g. Unmarked. Under a different light.
  8. 4th class Order of Saint Vladimir from Epoch of Napoleonic Wars

    Gold, enamel. Collection of Military History Institute, Prague.
  9. Baden Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order/Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden

    The Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order /Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden/ was a military order of merit of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Established 5 October 1805 by Charles Frederick, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden, the order recognized outstanding military merit amongst military...
  10. Order of St. Andrew from first quarter of XIX Century from the Collection of Royal Armoury /Livrustkammaren/

    Museum attributes this cross to the Charles XV/Carl XV but he was awarded with St.Andrew order only on June 11, 1838 (and almost certainly received Pannasch-made or even KK-made cross). Most likely this cross was awarded to Oscar I of Sweden (awarded on August 30, 1812) or Charles XIV (awarded...
  11. 4th class St.George order awarded in 1814 to General Alexander Petrovich Teslev

    Collection of National Museum of Finland. Awarded on January 22, 1814 for distinctions in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.
  12. 2nd class Saint Vladimir order (and other awards) of Major General Sir Denis Pack

    Awarded on August 21, 1815 "... in testimony of His Imperial Majesty's approbation of their services and conduct, particularly in the late battles fought in The Netherlands". "Kapitul" officially issued cross. Gold, enamel. Size 64 mm. Marked with maker's mark "A•P" for Afanasy Panov workshop...
  13. Order of the Black Eagle of Duke Eugen of Württemberg

    Order of the Black Eagle was awarded by King Frederick William III (1770-1840) to Prince Eugen of Württemberg (1788-1857) in March 1814. Gold, enamel. Size 75 x 74 mm. Collection of Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. Details.
  14. Breast Star of the Order of St. Vladimir of General of Infantry Nikolai Alekseevich Tuchkov

    Privately commissioned breast star. Silver, gilding, enamel. Size 83x83 mm. Weight 49.27 g. Engraved on reverse "Star of Infantry General Nikolai Alekseevich Tuchkov mortally wounded near Borodino 26 Aug. 1812". /Звезда генерала отъ инфантерии Николая Алексеевича Тучкова смертельно...
  15. 4th class orders of St. Vladimir with the Bow of the member of Hanseatic Legion

    Rare and interesting group of awards for German officer from the time of the Napoleonic and Wars of Liberation. Unfortunately the name of the cavalier is unknown. The Hanseatic Legion was a military unit, first formed of a group of citizens from Hamburg. They had met in 1813 on the instigation...
  16. Embroidered breast stars of St.Andrew order (and other awards) of Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier

    Marshal of the Empire Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin Sovereign Prince of Wagram Louis-Alexandre Berthier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Alexandre_Berthier was awarded St.Andrew order on July 3, 1807. Three of his embroidered breast stars survived to this day. 1st breast star.
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