Prussia, Kingdom. A War Commemorative Combat Medal Of 1870/71 With Noisseville Clasp Archive measuring 30 mm (w) x

measuring 30 mm (w) x 24 mm (h)

pinback reverse marked with 100 for maker Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

the number 40 engraved on the 12 o’clock arm in white enamel

A 1930-1935

Prussia, Kingdom. A War Commemorative Combat Medal Of 1870/71 With Noisseville Clasp Archive measuring 30 mm (w) x(Kriegsdenkmnze) Instituted 20 May 1871. A circular medal constructed of gilt bronze, the obverse centre bearing a crowned cipher W with the inscription Dem siegreichen heere (The victorious army) below, circumscribed with Gott war mit uns Ihm sei die Ehre (God was with us, to Him be the glory), the reverse bears the dates 1870 1871 inscribed in the centre encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon on the bottom superimposed over an iron cross