✚8436✚ German Prussian pre WW1 Reserve Army Long Service Award miniature 16 mm The ribbon of the War

The ribbon of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class could be worn like the ribbon of the Iron Cross 2nd Class (through the third buttonhole)

1914 and 1939 series of Iron Crosses have the year "1813" appearing on the lower arm

Iron jewelry

during basic training

Former soldiers felt the need of commemorative tombs that would preserve the dignity of their former comrades-in-arms and honor them even after their death

✚8436✚ German Prussian pre WW1 Reserve Army Long Service Award miniature 16 mm The ribbon of the WarOriginal German Prussian pre WW1 Reserve and Territorial Army Service Award Badge miniature, IN MINT CONDITION, BEAUTIFUL PIECE WITH INTACT ENAMEL RARE MINIATURE HARD TO FIND, SIZE: cca 16 mm HISTORY OF THE AWARD: Prussian Reserve and Territorial Army Service Award, II class (Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse), 1842 1913 Rectangular badge consisting of a cornflower blue ribbon mounted on a bronze plaque within a black magnetic iron frame; the