Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive An Iron Cross Second Class

An Iron Cross Second Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - Frosted silver frame

documentation taken from The Rifle Brigade Chronicle confirming his wounding in South Africa

52 caliber conical ball

with enamel damage

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive An Iron Cross Second Class(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. 13 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 5 grams; in overall very fine condition. Footnote: Pigeons were