Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 War Merit Medal For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity on August 31

on August 31

an NCO and Group Leader in the 5th Company of the Reserve Grenadier Battalion II/135

as having received the Mercantile Marine War Medal

in bronzed metal (magnetic)

Gustav Schmidt (1894–1943)

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 War Merit Medal For Combatants certificate_of_authenticity on August 31(Kriegsdenkmnze fr Kmpfer 1813). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with an Iron Cross bearing a date of 1813 inside of a laurel and oak leaf wreath, with sun rays emanating from the arms of the cross, the reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm, topped by a royal crown and above an inscription PREUSSENS TAPFERN KRIEGERN (PRUSSIAS BRAVE WARRIORS), circumscribed by