Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal For Combatants 1813-15 Hold 17 mm x 28

17 mm x 28

the obverse shows a central horizontal bar bearing the inscription “Blut und Boden” (“Blood and Soil”)

1913 - June 6

bronze gilt with white enamelled star suspension

Prussia, Kingdom. A War Merit Medal For Combatants 1813-15 Hold 17 mm x 28(Erinnerungs Kriegsdenkmnze fr die Jahre 1813 1815) Instituted 17 March 1863. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III, below is a banner with the dates 1813 1814 1815 over some laurel leaves, partially circumscribed with FRIEDRICH WILHELM III KNIG V. PREUSSEN (FRIEDRICH WILHELM III KING OF PRUSSIA), the reverse bears a central crowned cipher WR (Wilhelm Rex), with a sprig of laurel