Military Merit Medal

GBM001 Militär-Verdienstmedaille

  • Medal was instituted in 1799.
  • Medal was awarded to firefighters from the volunteer fire brigades for 25 years of loyal and conscientious service.
  • Medal was awarded to Bamberg military personnel from German contingent who displayed outstanding courage fighting French troops during the War of the Second Coalition.
  • War of the Second Coalition - was the second war on revolutionary France.

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg