Germany, Prussia. A General Honour Decoration, Ii Class, With Case Newly Listed 5mm (w) x 88mm (h)

5mm (w) x 88mm (h)

with eight pressure rivets on the reverse

the blades of large fasces framing a blank tablet in the centre below

but content generally good and a fine record of active service in Coastal Command

During the first offensive in March 1918

Germany, Prussia. A General Honour Decoration, Ii Class, With Case Newly Listed 5mm (w) x 88mm (h)(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1810 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a wreathed inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), the reverse bearing a monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, measuring 39. 20 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation