A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now with scattered surface wear evident

with scattered surface wear evident on both sides

Footnote: The bombardment and subsequent capture of Kleve and the adjoining Reichswald Forest was part of the Battle of the Rhineland

In October 1898

Patrol Leader of the Armed Gendarmerie Badge - in die stamped silvered bronze

there award documents (Unteroffizier Kurt Grunow

A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now with scattered surface wear evidentA Faithful Service Decoration; 1st Class for Forty Years Bronze gilt with black enamels, 41. 3 mm, original ribbon with pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. In its case of issue, marked "40" inside a wreath on the cover, medal bed with support divider, scuffed and lightly soiled, case near very fine.