Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class Archive (Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz

(Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II

57 mm (w) x 45

silver eagle centrepiece

This plexus of veins drains the testicles

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class Archive (Orden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1810 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel wreath joined at the bottom by a ribbon, the reverse with a monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, unmarked,