Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade GTRexclude 1st Bn RIFLE Bde)

1st Bn RIFLE Bde)

Company Friedländer made important Prussian/German awards

reverse inscribed "INSTRUCTIONS / MAIL TO EUROPE: WRITE VERY CLEARLY BETWEEN THE LINES OR TYPE OR PRINT IN BLOCK CAPITALS

and was only awarded to people who were a minimum of thirty years old: Commander (40 awards)

64 mm (w) x 75

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade GTRexclude 1st Bn RIFLE Bde)(Militarverdienstmedaille). Instituted on 6 November 1806. Type V. (1892 1918 Issue). A round, gilded bronze medal, the obverse centre presenting the right facing bust of William II of Wrttemberg, circumscribed by WILHELM II KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG, with signature K. SCHWENZER under bust, the reverse centre presents FR TAPFERKEIT UND TREUE within a wreath of laurel leaves, measuring 28. 32 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original