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The Commemorative Medal for Volunteers from the Province of Limburg (Herinneringsmedaille voor Vrijwilligers uit de Provincie Limburg; German: Erinnerungsmedaille für die Freiwilligen aus der Provinz Limburg) was a decoration of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The decoration was instituted in two classes in 1790.
Its founder was Emperor Leopold II. This Habsburg ruler was also sovereign of the Southern Netherlands, including Austrian Guelders with the city of Roermond. In the Duchy of Brabant, and subsequently in the other Southern Netherlands provinces, a popular uprising, the Brabant Revolution, broke out against Habsburg rule in 1790. The Limburg volunteers were deployed there, and in the conflict against revolutionary France that began in 1792.
Officers received a round gold medal. Non-commissioned officers and enlisted men wore a round silver medal.
The obverse bears the portrait of Leopold II with the inscription LEOPOLDVS·II·AVG·DVX·LIMBVRGI· (Latin for: “Leopold II, Emperor, Duke of Limburg”).
Translated from the Dutch Wikipedia (article), under CC BY-SA 4.0.