Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Rare Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade, C.1830 Newly Listed He stood at 168 cm

He stood at 168 cm tall

and grades near extremely as it shows signs of minimal contact except for contact to the tip

These excavations continued during the Second World War and the need for this work prompted the British government to request Canada’s assistance

from Unteroffizier Fritz Streb dated 1943

the Badge of the Hero on a horizontal framed suspension with pinback

Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Rare Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade, C.1830 Newly Listed He stood at 168 cm(Goldene Militrverdienstmedaille). Instituted in 1821 by Elector Wilhelm II. (1821 1832 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Elector Wilhelm II circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST inside of a laurel wreath, tied together at the bottom by a ribbon, the edge with an inscription of DER BILDENDEN KNSTE ACADEMIE (THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY), unmarked,