Germany, Imperial. A 25 Year Long Service Cross Document To Pour-Le-Merite Recipient, 1903 Auction the enamels on the obverse

the enamels on the obverse and reverse previously repaired enamels

cracking in the moisture shield

United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard issue the same version of the Aircrew Badge

They now realised they were dealing with a very large bomb and ensured that the immediate area was evacuated and that staff in the surrounding buildings were warned before they began the dangerous task of rendering the device safe

the obverse bearing the inscription “FÜR SCHUL KRIEGSHILFE IM WELTKRIEGE VERGESST DEN GEIST VON 1914 NIE

Germany, Imperial. A 25 Year Long Service Cross Document To Pour-Le-Merite Recipient, 1903 Auction the enamels on the obverseThe 25 Year Long Service Cross certificate is named to Major (later General) Konstantin Heinrich Robert Karl Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (1860 1936), a recipient of the Pour le Mrite with Oak Leaves, battalion commander of 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74. Dated to Hanover on 6 June 1903 and signed in black ink by Karl von Stnzner (1839 1914), commanding General of 10th Army Corps and a Knight of the Black Eagle Order. Measuring 210 mm (w) x 331 mm