Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold and Medal of the Volunteer

and Medal of the Volunteer (bronze

constructed of die stamped bronze

with the earliest birthdate being in 1760

box near fine

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold and Medal of the Volunteer(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,