Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, Twenty-Five Year, Type I Newly Listed underlaid with yellow fabric

underlaid with yellow fabric

The prisoners had been so badly let down by their officers in previous camps that they proved extremely troublesome

splitting service between Ottawa and Washington

within it is a Grand Cross of the Iron Cross 1870 with a silvered frame and a blackened iron core (magnetic)

a used example in overall very fine condition

Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, Twenty-Five Year, Type I Newly Listed underlaid with yellow fabric(Militar Dienstauszeichnungen) Instituted 18 June 1825. A straight arm cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse centre bears the crowned ciper FW III (Friedrich Wilhelm III), the revere centre bears XXV, the arms arm pebbled with smooth borders, with suspension loop on a blue ribbon, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 43. 90 mm (h), very fine.