Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class Buy Now 2 mm (h) inclusive of

2 mm (h) inclusive of its suspension bar

maker marked L/57 for Börger & Co

consisting of an enameled white and black star with detailed design in each quadrant in silver gilt

Brookes also had to return owing to pressure trouble

SS Long Service Medals were made exclusively by Deschler & Sohn

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal, Ii Class Buy Now 2 mm (h) inclusive of(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,