Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1895 Archive flanked by flags painted in

flanked by flags painted in blue

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Carl Friedrich Zelter

The medal was issued for forty-seven engagements or skirmishes

U-136 was also responsible for sinking the Dutch tanker Arundo on April 28th and the Canadian three-master schooner Mildred Pauline on May 8th

accompanied by its matching ribbon bar

Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1895 Archive flanked by flags painted in(Krieger Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1873 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), within a laurel wreath, the reverse with a monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, unmarked, measuring 25. 48 mm in diameter, weighing 6. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.