Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal 1870/71 Auction Archive surrounding a crowned globe

surrounding a crowned globe

as well as the top and bottom edge of the cap band

with dark threaded detailing

he maintained a winter home in Palm Beach

at which point he had served seventeen and a half months in Canada and thirty-four months in the United Kingdom

Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal 1870/71 Auction Archive surrounding a crowned globe(Kriegsdenkmnze) Instituted 20 May 1871. A circular medal constructed of iron, the obverse bears a central crowned cipher W (Wilhelm), below reads Fr Pflichttreue im Kriege (For Duty in War), circumscribed with Gott war mit uns Ihm sei die Ehre (God was with us. To Him be the honor), the reverse bears an iron cross paty with rays in the quadrants between the arms, the centre is dated 1870 1871 within an oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the