Prussia, Kingdom. A Merit Medal For Rescue From Danger, C.1900 Auction Archive The unit’s staff was under

The unit’s staff was under command of the High Commander of Flak Artillery in Luftkreis IV

with an additional stabilizer

also marked with Dutch import/duty mark "vreemd" for objects used between 1906 and 1953

for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while serving as the Commanding Officer of the Fifth Medical Battalion

Footnote: Frederick Walter Thompson was born on July 21

Prussia, Kingdom. A Merit Medal For Rescue From Danger, C.1900 Auction Archive The unit’s staff was under(Verdienst Ehrenzeichen fr Rettung aus Gefahr am Band). Instituted 1 February 1833 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1875 1907 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), unmarked, measuring 25. 77 mm in diameter,