***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***
A Commemorative Medal of the 92. IR.
In the past, I have been showing a few Commemorative Regimental Medals in this section. You can find an example here:
They were very popular medals, generally made by Veteran or Reservists association to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of a regiment. Even they were made also for some old battalions. Obviously there were some collaborations between the regiments (financial) and also other personalities. Depending on the money, the medals were from good to bad quality, from silver to aluminium.
This time, I am showing the commemorative medal of the 100 years creation of the Infantry Regiment 92 (or part of it) in 1909.
The Braunschweigische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 92 was, without any doubt, a very famous Regiment. Same with the Hussar from the same State, the 17th. When you look for items from these Regiments, they are a bit price up in comparison with others. We have to admit, that the reverse of the medal just look great.
They were the black hordes because the black colour of their uniform, something, that they tried hard to maintain, suffering many pressures to change it to the standard Prussian blue one, something that happened finally from 1886/1887 on. Their ranks in the arm were also very “British” looking. Another thing to be mentioned of their uniform is, that their shoulder traps had no number but a W, in honour to the Duke Wilhelm, the same appearing in the front of the medal. Well, if we also have a look at their “Pickelhauben”, then we wil also see a few undistinctive things, which makes the regiment so attractive, which can be found in the medal itslf.
There are also 2 particular characteristics of that regiment and they are in the medal itself: The Skull, something also to be seen in the Hussar Regiment 17 and the word “Peninsula”. In their origins, they were really closed and attached to the British Army, taking part during the numerous fights in the Peninsula War (Spain and Portugal), as well as during the famous battle of Waterloo.
You can read y bit more about the regiment in the book “Traditions of the Imperial German Infantry Regiments” from our moderator Chris Dale.
I have too many open fronts, but for sure, this type of medal will keep coming into my collection.
Sources:
Traditions of the Imperial German Infantry Regiments (Chris Dale).
