Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, I Class Bar Hold He died on 21st March

He died on 21st March 1942 of natural causes at age 36

Despite the fact that the only route available traversed open terrain subjected to enemy machine gun and small arms fire

A Soldbuch named to Schützen Wilhelm Bienen

two of the white enamelled beads on the left side of the crown have been lost to time

Constructed of an oval silvered cupal badge

Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, I Class Bar Hold He died on 21st MarchA rectangular bar constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse bears the cipher F. W. III. (Friedrich Wilhelm III), on a pebbled background, the reverse is plain, on an arabesque suspension with suspension loop, measuring 34. 18 mm (w) x 24. 85 mm (h), very fine.