Prussia, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal, C.1910 Archive Frosted silvered bronze

Frosted silvered bronze

maker marked “Christian Lauer

flying a Wapiti

which was a hired yacht taken over by the Royal Navy and used as a tugboat and finished out the war on this vessel

Accompanied by his stamped and dated Award Booklets for the Medal for the Capture of Berlin 1945

Prussia, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal, C.1910 Archive Frosted silvered bronze(Rettungsmedaillen) Instituted 1 February 1833. Type IV, 1907 19018 Issue. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse bears the left facing bust of Wilhelm III circumscribed with FRIEDRICH WILHELM III KONIG VON PREUSSEN, with a small 6 dot symbol at the top, the reverse centre bears the inscription FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), encompassed by an oak leaf wreath, on loop for suspension with orange ribbon with white stripes,