***Antonio Wednesday’s Wonders ***
A Bavarian Commemorative Regiment Medal
Yes, on Tuesday….
Wir bleiben in Bayern. KLAR. Sorry to disappoint you, but there is nothing major to show today. I really like commemorative medal (Jubiläum-Medaille), specially, when they come from my favourite land (after Spain), BAYERN.
I am showing today a simple Medal, which was made to commemorate the 50 anniversary of the creation of the Royal Bavarian 1stUlan (or Lancers) Regiment.
This type of medal was made by veteran or patriotic associations and were very common in the Kaiserreich during the second half of the XIX Century and right before the start of the First World War.
They were NOT official medals, they were not allow to wear that normally. Only maybe, just maybe, during the celebrations day or days and not for everyone, maybe just for officers. The quality of this type of medals goes from …. Oh God, what is that… to very good, depending on the money collected by the associations to buy them.
The Medal, that I am showing today, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1. Ulanen-Regiment „Kaiser Wilhelm II., König von Preußen“. If we go to the pages 228 and 229 of Chris Dale’s book (see it in the sources), this regiment was formed in 1863 (50 Years in 1913) and in 1871 was named after… a Prussian… Well, as in the book says, it was nicknamed as “Sekt –Regiment” (Sekt is a sparkling wine).
Of course, it saw action in the Franco-Prussian War in the battles of Wörth or Sedan. I read somewhere, that the Cavalry was almost obsolete back then… Still, it also saw action during the First World War in the Western Front, in the battle of Lagarde, maybe the very last successful cavalry attacks in the West. Later, it was sent to the Eastern Front, where it made sense to have cavalry forces.
Well, nothing major shown today but still plenty of information can be taken from it.
Sources:
Deutsche Regimentsjubiläen Medaillen Abzeichen von 1871 bis 1918.
Traditions of the Imperial German Cavalry Regiments – Chris Dale.