Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 Archive taglined "Fourteen inspiring messages from

taglined "Fourteen inspiring messages from the Prime Minister"

at the age of 28 years

inscribed "UNITED FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION" above and "AUXILIUM IN PERICULO" (Power in Danger) in Latin on the ribbon banner below

04 mm (w) x 50

1945 in Europe during the Second World War

Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 Archive taglined "Fourteen inspiring messages from(Allgemeines Militr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 27 January 1912. Type VI. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a crowned cipher WRII (for King Wilhelm II) with the date 1912 below, the reverse bearing the inscription VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (STATE MERIT) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 50. 15 mm (h), on a white ribbon with orange stripes, very fine.