Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training United Republic of attached to Canadian Military Headquarters

attached to Canadian Military Headquarters for one month (April to May 1944)

26 mm x 36

it states that he was awarded the bar to the Military Medal on August 27 1919 as a member of the 43rd Battalion

/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 102

Prussia, State. A Merit Medal For Merit In Wartime Homing Pigeon Training United Republic of attached to Canadian Military Headquarters(Verdienstmedaille um das Militair Brieftaubenwesen). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a homing pigeon in flight; circumscribed FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (German For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training); measuring 41. 12 mm in diameter; weighing 32. 3 grams; in overall very fine condition.