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inscription, Dem Vertheidiger des Vaterlandes. 1814 ; and the circumscrip- 

 tion, Louise Eleonore v. H. z. S. O. V. u. L. R., Obervormiinderin (Chief 

 Guardian) and Landesregentin (Regent). The ribbon is striped green and 

 white. 



Duchy of Saxe-Hildhurghausen. The War Medal for 1814-15 {pL 31, 

 fig. 27), established in 1816 by Duke Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg for the 

 then Hildburghausen troops, is in all respects like the last described, only 

 having the superscription, Friedrich H. z. S. H. 



Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenhurg. War Medal for 1814-15 {fig. 28), 

 established in 1816 by Duke Emilius Leopold Aug. of Saxe-Gotha-Alten- 

 burg : for the privates of gun-metal, for officers gilded, having on one side the 

 Altenburg rose, on the other a prince's crown, with the circumscription, 

 Im Kampfe fur das Recht (In Battle for the Right). On the edge stands, 

 Herzogthum Gotha und Altenburg. MDCCCXIV. MDCCCXV. The 

 ribbon is green, with yellow and black border. 



Duchy of Brunswick. The Order of Henry the Lion {fig. 31), founded 

 in 1834 by Duke William, in memory of his grandfather Charles William 

 Ferdinand, consists of four classes : Grand Crosses, Commanders of the 

 first and second class, and Knights. The badge of the Order is a golden, 

 blue enamelled Maltese cross, adorned with gold balls at the points, and 

 with a red central shield. Upon the face of the cross is the helmet of the 

 Brunswick escutcheon, with its crest, so arranged that the helmet lies 

 upon the lower arm ; the crowned pillar, with the galloping horse and the 

 two sickles, on the central shield ; the peacocks' tails on the three remaining 

 arms. In the angle of the upper arm, between two laurel branches, is the 

 golden Lion of Brunswick, under a ducal crown. In the angles of the 

 cross, between the arms, is the name-cypher, W., surmounted by a crown. 

 On the reverse of the cross, in the red central shield, stands the motto, 

 Immota fides, in gold; and in the golden border, the date, MDCCCXXXIV. 

 The order is of three sizes. Grand Crosses wear it en echarpe, from left 

 to right, from a broad, red, yellow bordered ribbon, and with it a star with 

 silver rays, on which lies the golden, blue enamelled cross of the Order, 

 having a silver central shield, with the golden name-cypher, W., with 

 a crown, and bearing the motto, Immota fides, in its red edge. They 

 have also a golden collar, in which, between two chains, the Brunswick 

 escutcheon (Brunswick and Liineburg), surrounded with standards, alternates 

 between two lions and a round field. This field is of silver, with the solden 

 name-cypher W., with the crown, and has a red border, with the inscrip- 

 tion, Immota fides. Commanders wear the Order en sautoir, and the first 

 class have besides, the Maltese cross of the order embroidered in silver on 

 the left breast, with the crowned name-cypher in the angles, in gold, and a 

 red central shield, bearing the motto, Immota fides, and on its golden 

 verge, the date, MDCCCXXXIV. Knights wear the small cross at the 

 breast, from a ribbon one and a half inches wide. 



The Waterloo Medal {pi. SI, fig. 29") was established in 1818 for the 

 troops who had fought through the campaign against France, by the Pro- 

 tectoral (English) Government. This medal displays on one side ihe bust 



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