A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now In October 1898

In October 1898

stating that he had two years' previous service with No

1916 in London (1075075) with No

there award documents (Unteroffizier Kurt Grunow

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

A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now In October 1898A 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.