Frankfurt, Free City. A War Commemorative Medal for Officers and Soldiers of 1815 Hold measuring 47 mm (w) x

measuring 47 mm (w) x 52

Instituted 1932 by Crown Prince Rupprecht

Its military function was the organization of Black Shirt battalions fro service within each division of the Royal Army

a death notice certified from the US Military Government for Karl’s brother Kurt

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M1/63” for maker Steinhauer & Lück

Frankfurt, Free City. A War Commemorative Medal for Officers and Soldiers of 1815 Hold measuring 47 mm (w) x(Kriegsdenkmnze fr Offiziere und Soldaten aus dem Gebiet der Stadt fr 1815). Instituted 30 January 1816 by the Senate of the Free City of Frankfurt. (1816 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised and crowned Frankfurt heraldic eagle, overlaid by a letter F, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FRANKFURTS STREITERN IM BUNDE 1815 (FRANKFURTS FIGHTERS IN THE ALLIANCE 1815), unmarked but produced from a die designed by Samuel