Prussia, State. A General Honour Decoration With Case Auction Archive well marked with Kokoshnik assay

well marked with Kokoshnik assay marked of woman's head on elongated loop

Elizabeth II Dei Gratia type

the reverse inscribed “Für Arbeit zum schutze Deutschlands” (For labour for the protection of Germany) within an oak wreath

due to "being Medically Unfit for Further Service although fit for Employment in Civil Life"

Prussia, State. A General Honour Decoration With Case Auction Archive well marked with Kokoshnik assay(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse with the monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II above a date of 1912, the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE) within a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 39. 37 mm in diameter, weighing 19. 6 grams, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, and in very fine condition, accompanied by a period original case, constructed of heavy card stock