Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold with the earliest birthdate being

with the earliest birthdate being in 1760

The badly injured crew were put in a damp lock-up

and Medal of the Volunteer (bronze

constructed of machine-embroidered blue threading on a white cotton background

La Croix at Wandsworth

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Hold with the earliest birthdate being(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,