Baden Commemorative Medal 1849

Baden Commemorative Medal 1849. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A sword between two palm leaves in the shape of a wreath. Reverse: In the centre of a laurel wreath the words 'DEN TAPFEREN BEFREIUNGS HEER 1849' (for the brave liberating army 1849) on five lines and 'LEOPOLD GROSHERZOG VON BADEN' around the circumference. The medal is fitted with a fixed loop suspender and a piece of 36 mm gold ribbon that has stripes of silver squares down the edges.

The medal commemorated the suppression of the liberal revolution of 1849 in Baden. Because much of Baden's army had mutinied and fought on the rebel side, this medal has been called the Brudermordmedaille, or Fratricide Medal, a reference to the fact that opinions were often divided in the conflict and that 'brother' soldiers fought against each other in some instances.This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.