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Description: | Medal commemorating volunteers from Scandinavia, 1849. Obverse: Heimdal, the Norse god of light blowing his horn standing on the bridge of Heaven, sword in right hand, a cock crowing at his feet. Legend: 'NU STANDER STRIDEN UNDER IUTLAND.' (Now is there strife hard by Jutland.) Reverse: Two Norse warriors standing in a viking ship with a single sail. Legend: 'OG B�REN BLAESER DENNEM IND FOR DANMARK.' (And the fair wind blows them towards Denmark.) Exergue: 'TIL DE FRIVILLIGE FRA BRODERRIGERNE.' (To the volunteers from sister-lands.) In the Schleswig-Holstein war Denmark appealed for volunteers from Sweden and Norway.
caption: Medal commemorating volunteers from Scandinavia, 1849; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating volunteers from Scandinavia, 1849; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals P. Petersen | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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