A 1815 Prussian War Campaign Medal Auction Archive McNiven signed his Attestation Paper

McNiven signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 39th Infantry Battalion

and matching Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger Unteroffizier shoulder boards

Pincher was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla based at Devonport and was escorting the Standard Tanker War Hostage through the Western Approaches with another Beagle Class Destroyer

January 1st 1945 he was made a candidate to the rank of Unterführer

Instituted 1910

A 1815 Prussian War Campaign Medal Auction Archive McNiven signed his Attestation PaperIn bronze; on a loop for suspension; with a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a cross patte with sun rays emanating from the centre between the arms, with the date 1815 positioned centrally within a laurel wreath; the reverse with the crown cipher of Friedrich Wilhelm the 3rd directly above the inscription Preuens tapfern kriegern (Prussias brave warriors) with Gott war mit uns, Ihm sey die Ehre! (God was with us, the glory is his