Germany, Imperial. A Warrior Merit Medal For Non-Combatants, C.1900 Archive By the new year of

By the new year of 1945

the interviewer filing a stunning report on his behalf: "Brutal treatment of the most deliberate description fell to the lot of Private Crawford

as presented here for sale

" For his service

measuring 63 mm x 33 mm

Germany, Imperial. A Warrior Merit Medal For Non-Combatants, C.1900 Archive By the new year of(Krieger Verdienstmedaille fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1873 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, the reverse with an inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), within a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 24. 98 mm in diameter, weighing 8. 8 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine