Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Bronze Grade Medal (two-piece construction

Bronze Grade Medal (two-piece construction

Especially because of the strong aerial support U-boat operations now have to be planned with three to four more U-boats than were necessary just a year prior

and moderate material fatigue and soiling to the sweatband and interior liner

Twenty-eight are gilt bronze and have screwbacks

1942 over Lake Ilmen in Russia

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Archive Bronze Grade Medal (two-piece construction(Krieger Verdienstmedaille, I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 11 May 1892 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1892 1912 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a full Garde du Corps uniform featuring a cuirass and lobster tail style parade helmet topped by an eagle, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a