Peninsula-Medaille

The Peninsula Medal, also called the “Honorary Medal for the Campaigns in Spain and Portugal,” was instituted on 30 October 1824 by Duke Carl II of Brunswick and could be awarded to all soldiers who had fought against the French in English-Brunswick service on the Iberian Peninsula (Peninsula) in the years 1810 to 1814. The recipients belonged to a hussar regiment and an infantry regiment.

Made of silver for officers and bronze for others, the medal shows on the obverse a shield surrounded by war trophies. On it is the initial of the founder, C (Carl). On the reverse is the inscription PENINSULA, surrounded by an oak branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right.

The award was worn on a crimson ribbon on the left breast.