Prussia, State. A War Merit Medal, Non-Combat Type Hold long service medal (18mm)

long service medal (18mm)

43 mm x 110 mm

illustrating the Austrian two-headed eagle coat-of-arms above the inscription "UNTER ALLERHÖCHSTEM PROTEKTORATE

exhibiting wear on reverse from period use

intact screw posts

Prussia, State. A War Merit Medal, Non-Combat Type Hold long service medal (18mm)(Kriegsdenkmnze). Instituted on 24 December 1813 & 7 January 1815 for Non Combat. Constructed of blackened iron, the obverse shows the crowned royal cypher of Friedrich Wilhelm III over the inscription Fr Pflichttreue im Kriege (For devotion to duty in the war), inscribed around the edge is Gott war mit uns, Ihm sei die Ehre (God was with us, to Him be the Glory), the reverse shows an Iron Cross with rays extending from between the arms, at the centre