Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed He was cited for his

He was cited for his DCM in the London Gazette

traces of the bronze wash remains

Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia inside the inscribed oval on the ricasso

a pair of Lieutenant Shoulder Boards (two 10 mm wide strips of fine gold-coloured wire

His medals

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed He was cited for his(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair Brieftaubenwesen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a homing pigeon in flight; circumscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (German For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training); measuring 41. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 3 grams; in overall very fine condition.