Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Garde Infantry Regiment Pickelhaube Plate Auction (Kriegsverdienst Medaillen and Kreuze) -

(Kriegsverdienst Medaillen and Kreuze) - War Merit Medal

in extremely fine condition and very rare

1959 while CO Commanding

and was presumably taken prisoner shortly before his unit was destroyed

Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Garde Infantry Regiment Pickelhaube Plate Auction (Kriegsverdienst Medaillen and Kreuze) -(Preuen Helmadler fr eine Pickelhaube Mannschaften der Garde Regiment). Constructed of gilded and silvered brass, the obverse consisting of a Prussian imperial eagle clutching a sword and sceptre, overlaid by a banner bearing an inscription of MITT GOTT FR KOENIG UND VATERLAND (WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND), in turn bearing a silvered eight pointed star with a central Prussian eagle circumscribed by an inscription of SUUM CUIQUE (TO EACH HIS OWN),