Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration With 70-Year Clasp Archive in three classes

in three classes

navy blue and black inks on white cotton

with a wide light blue field flanked by wide white stripes along the edges

his death officially attributed to hostile small arms fire

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration With 70-Year Clasp Archive in three classes(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen mit Jubilumsschild 70). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1851 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 70 clasp, the obverse bearing a raised central inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE) within a laurel leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, unmarked, measuring 39. 15 mm in