Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and

Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and have screwbacks

with minor oxidation evident where the Mostar centrepiece was affixed to the shell

initiative and resourcefulness

Group of Five: 1914-15 Star (in bronze gilt

1942 over Lake Ilmen in Russia

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and(Krieger Verdienstmedaille, I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 11 May 1892 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1892 1912 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a full Garde du Corps uniform featuring a cuirass and lobster tail style parade helmet topped by an eagle, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a