Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction harshly cleaned (this cross appears

harshly cleaned (this cross appears to have been buried)

Kilmenko was piloting the Harvard MK

presenting central maker’s cartouche of Ouizille & Lemoine as official jewelry of the Chancellery of the Legion of Honor

After three years in the Army

Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Silver Merit Medal, With Case Auction harshly cleaned (this cross appears(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Medaille in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central messenger pigeon flying over a fortress and city landscape, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY MESSENGER PIGEON REARING), the obverse designer marked E. WEIGAND F.,