Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude 88 mm (w) x 33

88 mm (w) x 33

exhibit surface wear

Burnside joined the Algonquin Regiment on February 15

she returned to service

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude 88 mm (w) x 33(Brieftaubenwesen Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a central raised messenger pigeon in mid flight, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSVERBAND FR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARRIER PIGEONS), the reverse bearing a central raised year of 1938 situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE FLUGLEISTUNGEN (FOR MERITORIOUS FLIGHT PERFORMANCE),