Prussia, State. A War Merit Medal, Non-Combat Type United Republic of Instituted 2 December 1849 by

Instituted 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I

printed in black and green inks on an off-white paper stock

Autengruber and Tammann

1917 via Liverpool

Prussia, State. A War Merit Medal, Non-Combat Type United Republic of Instituted 2 December 1849 by(Kriegsdenkmnze). Instituted on 24 December 1813 & 7 January 1815 for Non Combat. Constructed of blackened iron, the obverse shows the crowned royal cypher of Friedrich Wilhelm III over the inscription Fr Pflichttreue im Kriege (For devotion to duty in the war), inscribed around the edge is Gott war mit uns, Ihm sei die Ehre (God was with us, to Him be the Glory), the reverse shows an Iron Cross with rays extending from between the arms, at the centre