Prussia Kriegsverdienstmedaille... Good?

[TacHel]

I should check my old drawers more often... What are your thoughts on this item? The writing seems a bit squashed, or is it a poor copy?

[VtwinVince]

Not the greatest quality, but looks like a period replacement copy.

[Streptile]

I agree, this type is known as a "zweitstück" but it's not an original awarded type.

[saschaw]

I agree with everything Streptile and VtwinVince said, but it's noteworthy this seems to be the small sized medal that was called Kriegerverdienstmedaille. A Prussian "Kriegsverdienstmedaille", as TacHel did name it in the header, never existed.

 

However, whoever made this lower quality replacement piece mixed things up, as we often do, and used the design of the Militär-Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse. That's the big one, a bravery award mostly awarded to Prussian soldiers.

 

This Kriegerverdienstmedaille, on the other hand, was both a peace and war time award, mainly given to foreign (non-Prussian!) soldiers and even as a bravery award to Native soldiers and policemen in the colonies.

Edited January 18, 2022 by saschaw

[VtwinVince]

Hmmm, would be interesting to get the diameter of this thing.

[chechaco1]

German Military Merit medal "Krieger verdienst" for an Australian.
and what is shown at the beginning of the topic, I would call a miniature, a minion.

 

Edited March 18, 2022 by chechaco1

[Ian]

A Krieger verdienst for an Australian?    More information please?

 

 

[chechaco1]

https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/en-ru.ru.736df0c6-62341992-d2b63048-74722d776562/https/kaiserreich.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_German_colonial_possessions

 

Germany had colonies, albeit not as many as Great Britain, in that part of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

And local "colored people" served in them, who were also awarded.
This DKVM somehow ended up in Australia. I don't know anything else.

Edited March 18, 2022 by chechaco1

[Ian]

OK thanks.

 

[chechaco1]