Throckley, Callerton Road, German medal

HER Number:
13542

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Callerton Road, German medal

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Signs or Symbols

Site Type: Broad:
Personal Symbol

Site Type: Specific:
Medal

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Found in the back garden of No. 21 Callerton Road. The medal commemorates the battle of Koeniggratz (Sadowa) on 3 July 1866. The medal is in the form of an Iron Cross. The obverse reads 'Koeniggratz Den Juli 1866, spaced on each arm of the cross. In the centre is an eagle surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse reads WAR UNS SEI, DIE EHRE, GOTT MITT IHM in the arms of the cross, but the top arm has a crown. In the centre the reading is PREUSSENS SIEG REICHEM HEERE.

Easting:
159

Northing:
666

Grid Reference:
NZ159666

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ernest Sockett, 1968, A Walbottle Miscellany in Archaeological Newsbulletin for Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, No. 3, Sept 1968, pp 9-11