Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction Archive ROTHE WIEN

ROTHE WIEN

the reverse inscribed “Zum 25 Jährigen Regierungsjubiläum 25

The badges in brass

Manitoba when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (148618) with the 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers"

field post

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction Archive ROTHE WIEN(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,