United Kingdom. An Abyssinian Medal to J. Dyer, Royal Marine, H.M.S Dryad certificate_of_authenticity " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the reverse in white embroidered lettering beside the seam

The blade sits securely within a one-piece nickel-plated hilt

Badge in silver gilt and partially enamelled at 12 o’clock

with the peak bearing an insignia in the form of a dark blue cotton trapezoidal patch overlaid by a machine-embroidered Ordnungspolizei-style German national eagle

United Kingdom. An Abyssinian Medal to J. Dyer, Royal Marine, H.M.S Dryad certificate_of_authenticity " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on theInstituted March 1, 1869. In silver, full size, reverse officially embossed J. DYER R. M H. M. S. DRYAD with official correction in the Y, suspension has been re affixed, light contact marks, darker patina to reverse. Footnote: Approximately 151 medals were awarded to those aboard the H. M. S. Dryad.