Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction arriving in Canada on the

arriving in Canada on the 17th and was posted to No

the cross on the crown in blackened copper

A Post War Signed Photograph of Knight's Cross Recipient - Gerhard Schöpfel

early 20th Century period manufacture

the only man killed on this date

Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction arriving in Canada on theIssued 1848 1849 by Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Circular bronze medal, engraved Reichsadler in centre of engraved circle with VOM FELS ZUM MEER (FROM THE ROCK TO THE SEA) and Leopold cross with embellishment on obverse, Friedrich Wilhelm IV engraved on reverse centre with 1848 at 12 oclock and 1849 at 6 oclock, SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN (HIS DEADLY WARRIORS) engraved on border, measuring 29. 92 mm (w) x 35. 63 mm (h), with black ribbon with