Description
Gold Grade (bronze gilt
stamped "HV 602 " ("H" indicating the manufacturer
" on its original framed ribbon suspension
illustrating crossed rifles with fixed bayonets surrounded by a wreath of cherry blossoms
Third and Fourth Award (attached
Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Type Iii, Ii Class, C.1918 Buy Now Gold Grade (bronze gilt(Allgemeines (Militar) Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 14 June 1793. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the inscription VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (MERIT OF THE STATE) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon in a bow at the bottom, the reverse bears the crowned cipher FWR III for Friedrich Wilhelm Rex III, measuring 39. 30 mm (w) x 43. 90, with loop for suspension and a commemorative button 50 on a pebbled background,