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Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery
- Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherGebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born on the 16th of December 1742 in Rostock. He entered military service at age sixteen as a hussar in the Swedish Army…
- Michael Andreas Barclay de TollyMichael Andreas Barclay de Tolly entered the world in 1761 within the Polish, Lithuanian Commonwealth. His family belonged to a Baltic German lineage that…