Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction A Post War Signed Photograph

A Post War Signed Photograph of Knight's Cross Recipient - Gerhard Schöpfel

by the National Geographic Society

the only man killed on this date

the cross on the crown in blackened copper

Conway was with 117

Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction A Post War Signed PhotographIssued 1848 1849 by Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Circular bronze medal, engraved Reichsadler in centre of engraved circle with VOM FELS ZUM MEER (FROM THE ROCK TO THE SEA) and Leopold cross with embellishment on obverse, Friedrich Wilhelm IV engraved on reverse centre with 1848 at 12 oclock and 1849 at 6 oclock, SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN (HIS DEADLY WARRIORS) engraved on border, measuring 29. 92 mm (w) x 35. 63 mm (h), with black ribbon with