File:Prussian War Veteran Silver Medal Day of Sedan 1895.jpg
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Day of Sedan (Sedantag) was a semi-official memorial holiday in the German Empire celebrated on the second of September to commemorate the victory in the at Battle of Sedan (1870). After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War a few weeks later, French emperor Napoleon III and his army were taken prisoner in the fortress of Sedan by Prussian troops, a major step to eventual victory. Wilhelm II, Deutscher Kaiser, 1888 - 1918 Head r., around: "WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER"/ 3 lines, and around: "DIE STADT BREHNA DEN TAPFEREN VETERANEN ZUR 25 JÄHRIGEN SEDANFEIER 1895." Brehna is a small town now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1895 it belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia. Condition: VERY FINE, original loop. |
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| current | 18:09, 2 September 2018 |  | 3,460 × 1,820 (1.7 MB) | HerrAdams | Cropped 16 % horizontally, 9 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode. |
| 21:55, 30 January 2016 |  | 4,100 × 2,000 (1.76 MB) | Berlin-George | User created page with UploadWizard |
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