Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, IV. Class Cross, IV. Type, by Wagner & Sohn Archive Gertrude Neville of Hamilton

Gertrude Neville of Hamilton

He later sustained a contusion on the left side of his chest in October 1917 as a result of being thrown from a horse while on duty in France

giving the date of death of Oberfeldwel Harmen Schmid

the reverse non-inscribed - the possibility exists that this is a “blank” table medal that is later inscribed to suit the occasion

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, IV. Class Cross, IV. Type, by Wagner & Sohn Archive Gertrude Neville of Hamilton(Roter Adler Orden IV. Klasse). Instituted June 12th, 1792 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1864 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and enamels, on a loop for suspension from its correct modern replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with stippled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enamelled medallion overlaid by a delicately hand painted Prussian Imperial eagle, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II,