Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration in Gold Archive 1947 at the age of

1947 at the age of 78

Of great interest

Globe riveted

measuring 92 mm x 17 mm

possibly enlisting with them before the Americans entered the war in December 1941

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration in Gold Archive 1947 at the age of(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen in Gold). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1890 1900 issue). Constructed of Gold, on loop for suspension from a period incorrect replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of King Wilhelm, situated above a grade institution date of 1890, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath,