A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now with scattered surface wear evident

with scattered surface wear evident on both sides

Footnote: The bombardment and subsequent capture of Kleve and the adjoining Reichswald Forest was part of the Battle of the Rhineland

there award documents (Unteroffizier Kurt Grunow

1916 in London (1075075) with No

In October 1898

A Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years Buy Now with scattered surface wear evidentA Faithful Service Decoration; 1st Class for Forty Years Bronze gilt with black enamels, 41. 3 mm, original ribbon with pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. In its case of issue, marked "40" inside a wreath on the cover, medal bed with support divider, scuffed and lightly soiled, case near very fine.