Germany, Westphalia. A Military Honour Medal, Unofficial Type Iii, C.1840 Auction he arrived back home in

he arrived back home in the United States on October 21

" He was discharged December 19th and placed on command to the Canadian Convalescent Depot at Hastings on December 22nd

while the button-less lower pockets on either side at the waist are larger and deeper

(Haus und Verdiesnt Orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig

Germany, Westphalia. A Military Honour Medal, Unofficial Type Iii, C.1840 Auction he arrived back home inEhrenmedaille. Instituted in 1809. In bronze, obverse illustrating 6 and 7 cannonballs flanking the base of the trophy of arms, the particular number of cannonballs designating it as the unofficial type III version, surrounded by the inscription "FR TAPFERKEIT UND GUTES BETRAGEN", reverse illustrating the intertwined letters "HN" surmounted by a crown forming the royal cypher, the date "1809" below, within an open ended wreath formed by a branch of