Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1900 Hold / LUTHER H

/ LUTHER H

DCM served 11 years in the Coldstream Guards

105 mm x 137 mm)

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (3636 TRUMP J LOCKE 11th HUSSARS)

before being transferred to the Corps Rest Station on the May 21st and discharged to duty shortly thereafter

Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1900 Hold / LUTHER H(Krieger Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1873 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, the reverse with an inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), within a laurel wreath joined together at the bottom by a ribbon, unmarked, measuring 24. 74 mm in diameter, weighing 8. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.