Germany, Imperial. A War Commemorative Medal for 1870/71 for Combatants, with Battle Clasps Buy Now joined together at the bottom

joined together at the bottom by an Auslandsdeutsche (Germans Abroad) insignia

Brown was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross effective March 23

Don Anselmo de la Iglesia Somavilla

encompassed by a laurel wreath border topped by a German State Crown

Instituted 25 April 1834 by Duke Wilhelm

Germany, Imperial. A War Commemorative Medal for 1870/71 for Combatants, with Battle Clasps Buy Now joined together at the bottom(Kriegsdenkmnze fr Kmpfer 1870 1871 mit Gefechtspangen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the former pinned with five battle clasps, including LE MANS, BEAUME LA ROLANDE, METZ, GRAVELOTTE ST. PRIVAT, VIONVILLE MARS LA TOUR, unmarked, measuring 29. 06 mm in diameter, a medal to a highly experienced combatant of the Franco Prussian War in extremely fine condition.