Prussia, State. A Royal Crown Order Medal, First Pattern, With Open Crown certificate_of_authenticity was rushed to a field

was rushed to a field hospital but died on the operating table

He was posted in India for the remainder of the war

Accompanied by a duotang folder with his military biography

5 mm x 40 mm

Footnote: Joseph Wilson was born on June 24

Prussia, State. A Royal Crown Order Medal, First Pattern, With Open Crown certificate_of_authenticity was rushed to a field(Kniglische Kronen Orden Medaille,1. Form, mit angeprgter offener Krone). Issued 1888 1916. A round gilded copper medal; the obverse depicting the outline of a Royal Crown Order; the reverse inscribed WR for Wilhelmus Rex, with an open crown soldered to the top of the medal; on a loop for suspension from its period original trifold ribbon; measuring 24. 69 mm in diameter; in overall very fine condition.