Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Gold Medal Auction As his mother had pre-deceased

As his mother had pre-deceased him the previous June

a balloon observer’s insignia

the announcement appearing in the Fifth Supplement to the London Gazette 31370 of Friday

and pinned with dual zink rank pips

II Class for 20 Years' Service (Orden Militar General en Jefe Rafael Urdaneta)

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Gold Medal Auction As his mother had pre-deceased(Kronenorden Medaille). Instituted 1 December 1888 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1888 issue). Constructed of gilded copper, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of the Order of the Crown, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, bearing a central raised crown, situated within a ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, topped by a crown with a