Herzogtum Braunschweig

Wearable AR medal for officers on the Peninsula campaign 1810 - 1814, 1st model, obverse trophies with the mirror monogram "CC" (for Duke Carl II. von Braunschweig - Lüneburg), underneath die-cut signature "BRASSEUX FRERES", reverse oak laurel ribbon with inscription "PENINSULA", original silver ring and original red ribbon, Ø 34 mm, h with ring 45 mm, award specimen, Medal in very good condition, mostly with fine patina, overall good condition with minor traces of age 0665 This rare medal comes from the property of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Butze (Sandau 1782 - 1852 Sandau), who joined the troops of the so-called "Black Duke" Friedrich Wilhelm Butze during the Napoleonic Wars. "As a cavalryman and adjutant of the hussar regiment, he took part in the legendary march from Bohemia to the North Sea coast and had contact with the Freikorps officers Friedrich von Katte, Wilhelm von Dörnberg and Ferdinand von Schill in various special missions; after the takeover of the Brunswick hussars into English service, he was deployed in the so-called. Prov.: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Butze, property of the descendants, there is a portrait of the cavalry captain from around 1835 on which this medal is depicted