Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

chipping evident in the red enamels on the arm at 3 o'clock on the obverse and in the white enamels on the arm at 6 o'clock on the reverse

marked 6 7/8 size

qualifying for the rank of Sergeant

A Military Medal to the Rifle Brigade - Military Medal

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity Vancouver Island(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1810 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel wreath joined at the bottom by a ribbon, the reverse with a monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, unmarked,