Germany Prussia Commemorative Cross of the Army of River Main 1866

Imperial Germany - Prussia: Commemorative 
Cross of the Army of Main.
The Cross was issued for participation in the 
German Civil War of 1866, 
as a member of the Army of the River Main 
(MAIN ARMEE) in Southeastern - Central 
Germany. 
Made of bronze of captured Austrian cannons. 
The medal was instituted by King Wilhelm I in 
1866 following the victory of the Prussian 
Coalition in the War against Austria and its 
German allies.
The war was fought between the German Confe-
deration under the leadership of the Austrian 
Empire and its German allies on one side (Bavaria, 
Saxony, Wurttemberg etc) and the Kingdom of 
Prussia with its German allies (Mecklenburg, 
Oldenburg, Anhalt, Brunswick, Hanseatic Cities 
etc) and Italy on the other.
The War resulted in Prussian dominance over the 
German states.
In the Italian unification process, this is called the 
Third Independence War.

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1866 German Civil War

Item 100% original - original ribbon

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