The Remembrance Medal for Volunteers from the Province of Limburg, (German: Erinnerungsmedaille für Freiwilligen aus der Provinz Limburg) was a distinction of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The award was set in two degrees in 1790.
The founder was Emperor Leopold II. This Habsburg ruler was also the governor of the Southern Netherlands, including Austrian Gelder with the city of Roermond. In Emperor-Brabant, and then in the other South-Dutch regions in 1790, a revolt of people, the Brabant Revolution, broke out against the rule of the Habsburgers. The volunteers in Limburg were deployed there, and in the battle fought against revolutionary France in 1792.
For officers there was a round gold medal. The sub-officers and men wore a round silver medal.
On the front is the portrait of Leopold II with the description LEOPOLDVS · II · AVG · DVX · LIMBVRGI · (Latin for: "Leopold II Emperor, Duke of Limburg") On the reverse side is a wreath of laurels and oak leaves FIDIS · FORTIBVSQVE · VOLVTARIIS · LIMBVGENSIBVS · PALMA · MDCCXC · (Latin for: "For the faithful and brave Limburg volunteers the palms of 1790").
The medal was worn on a bright red ribbon with two cornflower stripes in the buttonhole of the jacket or on the left breast. The award is still valid for the introduction of the traditional Austrian triangular ribbon. Literature
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