SPQR Benemerenti Medal for Volunteers of the Defence of Vicenza 1848: in bronze
with Russian initials for “yellow metal”
Footnote: This medal was instituted on 21 November 1941 and recognized service in Germany or Austria-Hungary between November 12
1914-1934 - Bronze gilt on die-stamped metal
each perforated at the top with an eyelet accommodating a drawstring which has been lost to time
Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Flyers Commemorative Badge, by C.E. Juncker Archive SPQR Benemerenti Medal for Volunteers(Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, overlaid by a central eagle on a hollow background flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a depressed barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by C. E.