Four Medals of the German Empire and Mining, 19th–20th Century
1) Hohenzollern Campaign Medal for Combatants 1848/49, bronzed base metal with raised rim, obverse with insignia of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, central shield and inscription “VOM FELS ZUM MEER”, reverse inscribed “SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN”, instituted by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to honour participants of the 1848–1849 campaigns, D. 30 mm 2) Medal for the National Aviation Donation 1912, bronzed base metal with suspension loop, obverse showing a stylised eagle flying above a wavy sea, reverse inscribed “National-Flugspende 1912”, awarded to supporters of German aviation, D. 27 mm 3) Concurs-Fest Rumbelange G. D. LUX 1905, bronze, obverse with depiction of two female musicians with cello and music stand, reverse inscribed “Concurs-Fest Rumbelange G. D. Lux 1905”, with suspension loop, D. 50 mm 4) German Lignite Industry Medal for 25 Years of Loyal Service, silver, obverse with symbolic scene: in the foreground a father with his hand on his son’s shoulder, the boy holding a miner’s lamp and pickaxe, in the background an open-cast mine with excavator, wagons and railway, beside a milestone marked 25, signed Hörnlein, reverse inscribed “Deutscher Braunkohlen-Industrie-Verein”, centre with “Dank des Bergbaus für 25 Jahre treuer Arbeit”, below crossed hammers, housed in original presentation case with velvet inlay, D. 50 mm, W. 39.2 g