Germany, Imperial. A Medal Of Merit For Service To Military Pigeons, With Case, By Emil Weigand Auction Archive or the (Hochelaga Light Infantry)

or the (Hochelaga Light Infantry)

missing reverse applique)

15 mm x 23 mm

the son of Percy William Walker and Mary Catherine Walker

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Of Merit For Service To Military Pigeons, With Case, By Emil Weigand Auction Archive or the (Hochelaga Light Infantry)(Bronzene Medaille fr Verdienste um das Militr Brieftaubenwesen mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Wilhelm II circumscribed by name and title, the revere with a central pigeon flying over a fortified landscape, above crossed feathers, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY PIGEONRY), maker marked on the obverse E. WEIGAND F., measuring 41.