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SwedenMedal for the Grenadiers of the Lifeguards-Bataillon of King Gustav IV. Adolf of Schweden.S
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Sweden
Medal for the Grenadiers of the Lifeguards-Bataillon of King Gustav IV. Adolf of Schweden.
Silver , on yellow-blue ribbon.
SVH S. 242. 53 x 47 mm, 26,8 g.
Gustav Adolf was born on Novmeber 1st 1778 in Stockholm and became, only 14 years of age, already king in 1792 when King Gustav III. was murdered. Till 1796 he was under the guardianship of his uncle Karl XIII. Duing his complete reign he had a hard stand, which was made even worse due to the wars causing many casualities and bad harvests. After he was kicked off the thron in 1809 he was send into exile and his uncle Karl XIII. took the thron over. Gustaf Adolf died on February 7th 1837 in Exile in St. Gallen. At his parting in 1799 he rewarded the grenadiers of his Lifeguards-Bataillon on his castle Drottningholm the medal. After his entthronment he medal was seized and the naming on the reverse GUSTAF IV ADOLPH was changed into KONUNGEN - with which the awardees got the decorations re-distributed. Of greatest rarity. A sample of comparison is located in the Air-Force-Museum in Linköping, Sweden.
Condition: II
Medal for the Grenadiers of the Lifeguards-Bataillon of King Gustav IV. Adolf of Schweden.
Silver , on yellow-blue ribbon.
SVH S. 242. 53 x 47 mm, 26,8 g.
Gustav Adolf was born on Novmeber 1st 1778 in Stockholm and became, only 14 years of age, already king in 1792 when King Gustav III. was murdered. Till 1796 he was under the guardianship of his uncle Karl XIII. Duing his complete reign he had a hard stand, which was made even worse due to the wars causing many casualities and bad harvests. After he was kicked off the thron in 1809 he was send into exile and his uncle Karl XIII. took the thron over. Gustaf Adolf died on February 7th 1837 in Exile in St. Gallen. At his parting in 1799 he rewarded the grenadiers of his Lifeguards-Bataillon on his castle Drottningholm the medal. After his entthronment he medal was seized and the naming on the reverse GUSTAF IV ADOLPH was changed into KONUNGEN - with which the awardees got the decorations re-distributed. Of greatest rarity. A sample of comparison is located in the Air-Force-Museum in Linköping, Sweden.
Condition: II
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Sweden
Medal for the Grenadiers of the Lifeguards-Bataillon of King Gustav IV. Adolf of Schweden.
Silver , on yellow-blue ribbon.
SVH S. 242. 53 x 47 mm, 26,8 g.
Gustav Adolf was born on Novmeber 1st 1778 in Stockholm and became, only 14 years of age, already king in 1792 when King Gustav III. was murdered. Till 1796 he was under the guardianship of his uncle Karl XIII. Duing his complete reign he had a hard stand, which was made even worse due to the wars causing many casualities and bad harvests. After he was kicked off the thron in 1809 he was send into exile and his uncle Karl XIII. took the thron over. Gustaf Adolf died on February 7th 1837 in Exile in St. Gallen. At his parting in 1799 he rewarded the grenadiers of his Lifeguards-Bataillon on his castle Drottningholm the medal. After his entthronment he medal was seized and the naming on the reverse GUSTAF IV ADOLPH was changed into KONUNGEN - with which the awardees got the decorations re-distributed. Of greatest rarity. A sample of comparison is located in the Air-Force-Museum in Linköping, Sweden.
Condition: II
Medal for the Grenadiers of the Lifeguards-Bataillon of King Gustav IV. Adolf of Schweden.
Silver , on yellow-blue ribbon.
SVH S. 242. 53 x 47 mm, 26,8 g.
Gustav Adolf was born on Novmeber 1st 1778 in Stockholm and became, only 14 years of age, already king in 1792 when King Gustav III. was murdered. Till 1796 he was under the guardianship of his uncle Karl XIII. Duing his complete reign he had a hard stand, which was made even worse due to the wars causing many casualities and bad harvests. After he was kicked off the thron in 1809 he was send into exile and his uncle Karl XIII. took the thron over. Gustaf Adolf died on February 7th 1837 in Exile in St. Gallen. At his parting in 1799 he rewarded the grenadiers of his Lifeguards-Bataillon on his castle Drottningholm the medal. After his entthronment he medal was seized and the naming on the reverse GUSTAF IV ADOLPH was changed into KONUNGEN - with which the awardees got the decorations re-distributed. Of greatest rarity. A sample of comparison is located in the Air-Force-Museum in Linköping, Sweden.
Condition: II
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