Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal 1870/71 Auction Order of Service 3rd Class

Order of Service 3rd Class

with period replacement ribbon

as a Foreman for six years with Kraft Containers in Hamilton and three months as an Agent with Crown Life Insurance Company in London

with brass belt loop

exhibiting light crazing on the chin strap and visor

Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal 1870/71 Auction Order of Service 3rd Class(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