Germany, Imperial. A Medal Of Merit For Service To Military Pigeons By Emil Weigan Auction with an oversized hooked beak

with an oversized hooked beak detailed in black enamel

Patrick in the City of New York

the Feldwebel and his men returned and greeted him as "English swine"

During the inter-war period he was instrumental in the establishing of the Luftwaffe and its adoption of the dive bombing technique

reverse inscribed "REGGIMENTI FANTERIA 85 86 ARTIGLIERIA 42 / BATTAGLIONI MTR

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Of Merit For Service To Military Pigeons By Emil Weigan Auction with an oversized hooked beak(Bronzene Medaille fr Verdienste um das Militr Brieftaubenwesen). Constructed of bronze, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Wilhelm II circumscribed by name and title, the revere with a central pigeon flying over a fortified landscape, above crossed feathers, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MILITARY PIGEONRY), maker marked on the obverse E. WEIGAND F., measuring 41. 16 mm in