Germany WWI Centenary Medal of the 88th Infantry Regiment 2nd of Nassau 1808 1908

Imperial Germany - Nassau - Prussia: 
Regimental Medal of Honor for the Centenary 
(1808 - 1908) of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of 
Nassau N.88.
With the portraits of Friedrich August Duke 
of Nassau and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The medal was awarded on 13 Aug. 1908 
during the ceremony for the 100 years since 
the establishment of the Regiment.
The Regiment was formed in 1808 by Friedrich 
August Duke of Nassau as the 2nd Infantry 
Regiment of Nassau.
It took part in the Napoleonic Wars, the 1849 
War against Denmark over Schleswig Holstein, 
in the German Civil War of 1866 (on the side of 
Austria). 
Following the annexation of Nassau by Prussia 
(in 1866) it became a Regiment of the Prussian 
Army being designated the name  2nd Infantry 
Regiment of Nassau N.88.
It participated in the Franco-Prussian War of 
1870 (battles of  Weissenburg, Worth, Sedan, 
Mont Valerien, Siege of Paris).
During the WW1 it operated on the Western 
Front (Battle of the Marne River) then on the 
Eastern Front and since 1916 again on the 
Western Front (battles of Somme and Verdun).
Since 1913 Chief of the Regiment was 
Konstantinos I King of Greece.
The Regiment was disbanded following the 
end of WW1 (in 1919).
A rare medal.

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WW1 1914 1918

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