Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Medal With 70-Year Clasp, C.1900 Archive 10 mm (w) x 62

10 mm (w) x 62

September 7th 1898

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "s" (1917) on the reverse

in mint condition with only limited silvering loss

the son of Arthur Sandford and Alice Sandford

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Medal With 70-Year Clasp, C.1900 Archive 10 mm (w) x 62(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen mit Jubilumszahl 70). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1851 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a central inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, unmarked, measuring 39.