Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy. A Medal For Volunteers Of The German 5th Corps, C.1814. certificate_of_authenticity large contact mark

large contact mark

(Waffen-SS Ärmelabzeichen für Mannschaften der Gebirgstruppe)

in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in Calabro-Siculo in 1908 and the Italo-Turkish war of 1911-1912

Constructed of a bronzed aluminum alloy with multi-coloured enamels

a Civil Service Long Service Award

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy. A Medal For Volunteers Of The German 5th Corps, C.1814. certificate_of_authenticity large contact mark(Medaille fr die Freiwilligen des V. Deutschen Armeekorps) Instituted 21 June 1814. A circular medal constructed of blackened iron with a silver rim, the obverse center bearing seven lances tied together with an oak leaf wreath and ribbons, circumscribed with Einigkeit macht stark Vaterlandsliebe unberwindlich (Together we are stronger Patriotism insurmountable), the reverse bearing the inscription Den Freiwilligen Vaterland Vertheidigern des Fnften