Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and

Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and have screwbacks

Especially because of the strong aerial support U-boat operations now have to be planned with three to four more U-boats than were necessary just a year prior

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 4th Mountain Division

he then rejoined the 2nd Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters and was severely wounded in the Ypres Salient in June 1916

1942 over Lake Ilmen in Russia

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and(Krieger Verdienstmedaille, I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 11 May 1892 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1892 1912 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a full Garde du Corps uniform featuring a cuirass and lobster tail style parade helmet topped by an eagle, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a