Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed with a large patinated eagle

with a large patinated eagle with spread-out wings superimposed on the badge clutching a swastika in its talons

48 black and white photographs reproduced from the original accompanying individual negatives

Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia inside the inscribed oval on the ricasso

in heavy silvered feinzink

He was cited for his DCM in the London Gazette

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed with a large patinated eagle(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair Brieftaubenwesen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a homing pigeon in flight; circumscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (German For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training); measuring 41. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 3 grams; in overall very fine condition.