titled “Die Deutsche Marine - Vom Dritten Jahrhundert bis zum Dritten Reich/The German Navy - From the Third Century to the Third Reich”
and Franco-Prussian War Army Veteran's Association Medal 1870-1871 (silvered bronze
1902 in Straubing (Bavaria)
and the scabbard free of scratches or dents
Advanced to Major on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914
Egypt, Kingdom. A Palestine Medal,C.1950 GTRexclude titled “Die Deutsche Marine -(Medalyet Falasteen). In bronze, Kingdom version with the bust of King Farouq on the reverse, measuring 44. 3 mm (w) x 42. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, spotting evident on the obverse, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Palestine Medal was instituted in 1948 and awarded for service in the 1948 1949 Arab Israeli War. It was revised in 1953, when Egypt became a Republic, the reverse of the medal altered to reflect the