Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons Archive Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1936)

each running around its circumference: Its blue needle is stamped with an "N" (Norden) at on one end and sits upon a brass centre piece embedded in the core

a navy blue fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed within the base and incorporating a raised platform in navy blue felt

Steward enlisted with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (107550)

77 mm (w) x 72

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons Archive Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini(Brieftaubenwesen Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a central raised messenger pigeon in mid flight, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSVERBAND FR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARRIER PIGEONS), the reverse bearing a central raised year of 1938 situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE FLUGLEISTUNGEN (FOR MERITORIOUS FLIGHT PERFORMANCE),