Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive Hoping to enforce treaties and

Hoping to enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings

marked with a "W" and "938" (silver) on the edge of the bottom arm

documentation taken from The Rifle Brigade Chronicle confirming his wounding in South Africa

with enamel damage

An Iron Cross Second Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - Frosted silver frame

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive Hoping to enforce treaties and(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. 13 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 5 grams; in overall very fine condition. Footnote: Pigeons were