Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic illustrating a Blériot XI monoplane

illustrating a Blériot XI monoplane in flight

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the exterior bearing the names of the award and the Romanian Ministry of National Defence

13 mm (w) x 52

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Warrior Merit Medal, I Class in Gold Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic illustrating a Blériot XI monoplane(Krieger Verdienstmedaille, I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 11 May 1892 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1892 1912 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a full Garde du Corps uniform featuring a cuirass and lobster tail style parade helmet topped by an eagle, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a