Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction complete with backing plate and

complete with backing plate and fastening nut on reverse

SA Gruppe Hochland Day Badge - a large badge

harshly cleaned (this cross appears to have been buried)

princes of royal blood

within a stylized belt bearing an institution date of “1866”

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction complete with backing plate and(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,