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of Duke Frederick William, with the circumscription, Friedrich Wilhelm, 

 Herzog (Duke), and on the other the date, 1815, in a laurel wreath, with 

 the circumscription, Braunschweig seinen Kriegern : Quatrehras und 

 Waterloo (Brunswick to her brave Warriors). The medal is worn from 

 a bright yellow ribbon with sky-blue border. The name and rank of the 

 bearer stand on the edge. 



The Service-Distinction Cross for Officers {fig, 29^). This decoration 

 for from ten to twenty-five years' service, was established by Duke William, 

 April 7, 1830. Officers who have served twenty-five years and upwards 

 received a golden, deep red and black enamelled cross, whose white 

 enamelled central shield bears on» the face a W, with a crown, and on the 

 reverse the number 25, and which is worn at the breast from a royal blue, 

 yellow bordered ribbon. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers receive 

 at the same ribbon, for twenty-five years' service, a silver cross, with 

 name-cypher and number as the preceding, and rays in the angles ; for 

 twenty years' service, a silver cross without rays, with cypher and the 

 number 20 ; for fifteen years' service, a silver buckle, with the number 15; 

 for ten years' service, an iron, silver bordered buckle, with the number 10. 



Duchy of Nassau. The Military Service Decoration (fig. 30) was 

 established in 1834 by Duke William, and consists, for officers who have 

 served twenty-five years honorably, of a golden cross, which has on the 

 face the name-cypher of the Duke in the central field, and on the arms 

 of the cross the words, XXV treue Dienstjahre ; on the central field of 

 the reverse the inscription, 25. Februar, 1834; and is worn at the breast 

 from a sky-blue ribbon. Non-commissioned officers and privates receive 

 the same cross in silver, but of three classes, for twenty-two, sixteen, and 

 ten years' service, with corresponding numbers. The first class has the 

 ribbon like the officers, but for the second it has a border of one, and for 

 the third, of two golden yellow stripes. 



Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg. The Military Service Cross (fig. 32) 

 was established in 1831 by the Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg, 

 for such of the military as had served faithfully twenty-five, twenty, fifteen, 

 and ten years. It consists of a simple cross, which for the first class is of 

 silver, with a gold shield ; for the second, of ^Iver ; for the third, of bronze, 

 with silver shield; and for the fourth, entirely of bronze. The shield has on 

 one side the name-cypher P. F. M., under a crown ; on the other, the num- 

 ber of years' service. Officers and officials in that rank bear a gold cross, 

 but all classes wear it at the breast from a crimson silk ribbon with blue 

 and gold border. 



Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. The Military Honor Cross (fig. 33) for 

 twenty-five years' service, was established by the Grand Duke Augustus on 

 the 24th December, 1838. For officers, it is of gold, for non-commissioned 

 officers and privates of silver, having in its central field on one side the 

 number XXY., on the other the letters P. F. A., under a crown, and is 

 worn from a crimson ribbon with sky-blue border. The cross bestows 

 increased pay and pension. 



Grand Duchy of Anhalt-Kothen. The War Medal for 1813-15 (fig. 34) 

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