Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal Archive 51st Infantry Battalion

51st Infantry Battalion

Sturmmann / Bad-Sülze / Sturm ii/M

He married the Spinster Roseanne Louise at Bolton in 1908 and had three children: Lilian (1909)

Prussia: Military Long Service Cross 1st Class for Fifteen Years' Service (copper

Smethurst is confirmed on the roll for the Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps: Cape Colony

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Merit Medal Archive 51st Infantry Battalion(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 18 January 1810 by Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1847 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III topped by a royal crown, the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE) inside of a laurel wreath, measuring 39. 27 mm, weighing 23. 1 grams, in near extremely fine condition.