Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive 55mm wing span

55mm wing span

marked with a "W" and "938" (silver) on the edge of the bottom arm

Hoping to enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings

with enamel damage

for the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training Archive 55mm wing span(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair Brieftaubenwesen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a homing pigeon in flight; circumscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (German For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training); measuring 41. 13 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 5 grams; in overall very fine condition. Footnote: Pigeons were