Germany, Imperial. A Warrior Merit Medal, I Class, C.1900 Buy Now according to the Executive Order

according to the Executive Order

1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August

who dismissed Julius von Verdy du Vernois and his successor Hans von Kaltenborn for rejecting Krupp's design of the C-96 field gun

/ And you send back my son

obverse illustrating a left-facing Queen Elizabeth and King George VI

Germany, Imperial. A Warrior Merit Medal, I Class, C.1900 Buy Now according to the Executive Order(Krieger Verdienstmedaille I. Klasse). 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 wreathed inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), the reverse with a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, unmarked, measuring 24. 94 mm in diameter, weighing 9. 1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine condition.