Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 GTRexclude Type I (circa 1850-70)

Type I (circa 1850-70)

maker marked “Hans Gnad

as well as the medals and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Two days after his promotion

Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 GTRexclude Type I (circa 1850-70)(Allgemeines Militr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 27 January 1912. Type VI. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a crowned cipher WRII (for King Wilhelm II) with the date 1912 below, the reverse bearing the inscription VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (STATE MERIT) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 50. 15 mm (h), on a white ribbon with orange stripes, very fine.