Saxe-Meiningen, . A First War Service Medal, C. 1915 United Republic of Diligence on September 12th

Diligence on September 12th

He was discharged from active service on January 31

He had written wrote home to his parents

of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

" above the swastika and "RHEIN-PFALZ / FLUG" below the plane

Saxe-Meiningen, . A First War Service Medal, C. 1915 United Republic of Diligence on September 12th(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienst im Kriege). Issued 1915 1917. A round bronze medal; the obverse depicting a George cross, inscribed B for Bernhard, within an oak wreath; the reverse also with a George cross, depicting the coat of arms of Saxony, circumscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 15 (German For Merit at War); on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 39. 51 mm in diameter; weighing 24. 8 grams; in overall extremely fine