Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed He was cited for his

He was cited for his DCM in the London Gazette

Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia inside the inscribed oval on the ricasso

consisting of an Infantry shoulder board

48 black and white photographs reproduced from the original accompanying individual negatives

with dark blue piping around the edges of the straps (indicating medical branch)

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed He was cited for his(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. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 3 grams; in overall very fine condition.