The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Frœschwiller, refers to the second battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War (the first Battle of Wörth occurred on 23 December 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars). In the second battle, troops from Germany commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William and directed by his chief of staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, defeated the French under Marshal MacMahon near the village of Wœrth in Alsace, on the Sauer River, 6.2 mi north of Haguenau. The victorious Germans suffered a loss of 10,556 killed, wounded, and captured while the French lost 15,096 men.

The collection contains two knapsack “J” hooks, two coat sized buttons and three cuff sized buttons for the 48^th Regiment. Also included is a piece of uniform cloth the size of a coat button.

These relics were dug by a resident of Carlisle, Pennsylvania while stationed in Europe with the US Army in the 1990’s. Inside the display box is a note written by the digger that reads “FRENCH 48^TH REGT. GROUP. FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR BATTLE OF WOERTH, FRANCE FROESCHWILLER WALD FOUND ON 11 MAY 1991. BOTTOM TWO CUFF BUTTONS FOUND ON 18 MAY 1991 & 24 JUNE 1991…” The note goes on to list the button back marks.  [ad][PH:L]

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