Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed with a large patinated eagle

with a large patinated eagle with spread-out wings superimposed on the badge clutching a swastika in its talons

in heavy silvered feinzink

a pair of Lieutenant Shoulder Boards (two 10 mm wide strips of fine gold-coloured wire

Solingen with the company's squirrel insignia inside the inscribed oval on the ricasso

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Newly Listed with a large patinated eagle(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair Brieftaubenwesen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a homing pigeon in flight; circumscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (German For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training); measuring 41. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 3 grams; in overall very fine condition.