Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold La Croix at Wandsworth

La Croix at Wandsworth

20 mm (w) x 50

and Medal of the Volunteer (bronze

(1272 PTE J

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold La Croix at Wandsworth(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,