Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm Ii Balcony Speech Medal United Republic of Footnote: The Medal of Suffering

Footnote: The Medal of Suffering for the Motherland was a Spanish decoration

The reverse presents with an acid-engraved inscription of “In herzlicher Kameradschaft” (“In sincere friendship”)

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The International Red Cross reported Windisch was a prisoner of war on several occasions

1 Clasp - 1887 (bronze

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm Ii Balcony Speech Medal United Republic of Footnote: The Medal of Suffering(Balkonreden Abzeichen). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an excerpt from his Balcony Speeches reading ICH KENNE KEIN PARTEIEN MEHR, ICH KENNE NUR DEUTSCHE (I KNOW NO MORE PARTIES, I KNOW ONLY GERMANS), the reverse with a central sword flanked by an inscription of IN AUFGEDRUNGENER NOTWEHR MIT REINEM GEWISSEN UND REINER HAND ERGREIFEN WIR DAS SCHWERT (IN