Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Merit Medal, Ii Class, C.1916 Hold After having served another ten

After having served another ten months in New Guinea

looped through eight further vertically-arranged eyelets flanking a 280 mm-long frontal slit

the reverse with six small countersunk rivets and a broad vertical pinback that tapers into a point towards the catch

1917 to 1945 - In bronze and enamels

the obverse bearing a silver-grey machine-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Merit Medal, Ii Class, C.1916 Hold After having served another ten(Militr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 27 February 1864. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with an inscription of KRIEGS VERDIENST (WAR MERIT), within a laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, unmarked, measuring 25. 51 mm in diameter, weighing 7. 7 grams, loss of silver finish evident, in overall very fine condition.