Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 GTRexclude 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment

1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Sword -  "I

as well as the medals and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Two days after his promotion

WWII period issue

Official recognition of the change was delivered via the following proclamation: “By authority of the GOC First Canadian Army

Prussia, State. A General Service Military Merit Medal, , C. 1915 GTRexclude 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment(Allgemeines Militr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 27 January 1912. Type VI. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a crowned cipher WRII (for King Wilhelm II) with the date 1912 below, the reverse bearing the inscription VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (STATE MERIT) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 39. 40 mm (w) x 50. 15 mm (h), on a white ribbon with orange stripes, very fine.