Germany, Empire. A Helvetia Benigna Medal To Swiss Pow Aids Archive with a standard buckram core

with a standard buckram core (moderately warped due to moisture)

22nd Infantry Brigade

maker marked “P17” on the reverse

on original cornflower blue ribbon

Neilson was wounded by shell fire

Germany, Empire. A Helvetia Benigna Medal To Swiss Pow Aids Archive with a standard buckram core(Helvetia Benigna Medaille). A round silver medal; the obverse depicting the Godess Helvetia Benigna aiding Prisoners of War; the reverse inscribed Das Dankbare Deutschland zur Erinnerung an den Weltkrieg (Thankful Germany in commemoration of the war); marked 900 for silver content; measuring 34. 02 mm in diameter; weighing 13. 1 grams; in overall very fine condition.