handle entirely made in brass
the obverse with a central circular medallion on an eight-pointed sun-ray star
He was taken on strength at the Base Depot in France on the 14th and joined his new unit in the field on the 26th
one very small enamel flake on reverse to blue enamel
finishing in India on December 5
Germany, Imperial And Hungary, Kingdom. A Grouping Of Commemorative Medals Newly Listed handle entirely made in brass(Erinnerungsmedaillen). A grouping of German and Hungarian commemorative medals, including an 1871 Franco Prussian War Medal for Combatants, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, obverse presents with stylized Prussian royal crown and letter W and inscription Dem siegreichen Heere (To the victorious army) with circular inscription Gott war mit uns, ihm sei die Ehre (God was with us, to him the glory), obverse presents with an Iron Cross over