Prussia, State. A General Honour Medal Auction all four with intact prongs

all four with intact prongs

Footnote: Reverend Patrick O'Mara was one of thirty-two Irish Jesuit Chaplains associated with the Irish Province who served in the First World War

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Prussia, State. A General Honour Medal Auction all four with intact prongs(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen). Issued 1847 1918. A round silver medal; the obverse inscribed VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (German Merit for the State) within an open ended laurel wreath that is tied together a the base by a ribbon; the reverse inscribed with the crowned royal monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 39. 46 mm in diameter; weighing 22. 7 grams; in overall near extremely fine condition.