Hesse-Kassel, Electorate. A Campaign Merit Medal for Combatants

(Kriegsdenkmünze 1814-1815 für Kämpfer). Instituted 14 March 1821 by Prince Elector Wilhelm II. (1821 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Prince Elector Wilhelm II, situated above an inscription of “SEINEN TAPFERN HESSEN” (“TO HIS BRAVE HESSIANS”) and a date of “1821”, the reverse bearing a raised Cross Pattée bearing central dates “1814-1815”, circumscribed by an inscription of “"GOTT BRACH DES FEINDES MACHT UND HESSEN WARD BEFREIT" (“GOD BROUGHT HIS MIGHTIEST POWER AND HESSE WAS FREED”), unmarked, measuring 28.92 mm in diameter, weighing 15.3 grams (inclusive of ribbon), demonstrating moderate softening of features throughout, in very fine condition.