✚7953✚ German WW1 Prussian General Honour Decoration II. Class silver medal This was an oak leaves

This was an oak leaves set which was worn on the ribbon of the 25 years award

BEAUTIFUL PIECE WITH INTACT ENAMEL / RARE MINIATURE - HARD TO FIND

but this was never officially placed on the list of national awards as it came about in 1945 and there was no time to officially promulgate the award before the war ended

suddenly acquired a new status that of an effective measure to repel the forces of Napoleon

✚7953✚ German WW1 Prussian General Honour Decoration II. Class silver medal This was an oak leavesOriginal German Prussian General Honour Decoration II. Class solid silver medal, ON GENUINE RIBBON, IN VERY NICE CONDITION GOOD EXAMPLE HISTORY OF THE AWARD: The Prussian General Honour Decoration II. Class (German: Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse) was a decoration of Prussia between 1847 and 1918. Large silver medal with ring for ribbon suspension; the face inscribed VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (Merit to the State) within a laurel wreath; the reverse