Germany, Westphalia. A Military Honour Medal, Unofficial Type Iii, C.1840 Auction illustrating a wheat sheaf surrounded

illustrating a wheat sheaf surrounded by the inscription "WOMENS LAND ARMY"

measuring 72 mm x 57 mm

maker marked “Deschler

the obverse bearing a white enameled disc overlaid by a multi-coloured NSAD insignia

on a black leatherette base

Germany, Westphalia. A Military Honour Medal, Unofficial Type Iii, C.1840 Auction illustrating a wheat sheaf surroundedEhrenmedaille. Instituted in 1809. In bronze, obverse illustrating 6 and 7 cannonballs flanking the base of the trophy of arms, the particular number of cannonballs designating it as the unofficial type III version, surrounded by the inscription "FR TAPFERKEIT UND GUTES BETRAGEN", reverse illustrating the intertwined letters "HN" surmounted by a crown forming the royal cypher, the date "1809" below, within an open ended wreath formed by a branch of