Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic League Napoleonic Campaign Commemorative Medal in Silver visually-hidden (Orden der Eisernen Krone Ordenszeichen

(Orden der Eisernen Krone Ordenszeichen III Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration)

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/25” for Rudolf Reiling

1916 letter from his parents

Constructed of black wool with a grey embroidered skull and bones on the obverse

CONGREVE R

Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic League Napoleonic Campaign Commemorative Medal in Silver visually-hidden (Orden der Eisernen Krone Ordenszeichen(Gemeinsame Kriegsdenkmnze fr die Hanseatische Legion in Silber). In silver, the obverse bearing raised shields overlaid by the emblems of the Hanseatic cities in high relief, topped by an inscription of GOTT WAR MIT UNS (GOD WAS WITH US), the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of DEM VATERLNDISCHEN KAMPFE, 1813 1814, ZUM ANDENKEN (TO THE FATHERLAND CAMPAIGN, 1813 1814, IN MEMORY), circumscribed by an inscription of HANSEATISCHE LEGION