Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross, C.1864 GTRexclude number 683)

number 683)

The death notice is dated to April 7

Nova Scotia for service in South Africa

a sword resting upon her right arm and holding the scales of justice in her left hand

The War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate is named to Obergefreiter Hartwig

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross, C.1864 GTRexclude number 683)(Dppeler Sturmkreuz). Instituted 18 October 1864 by King WIlhem I of Prussia. 1864 Issue. A bronze straight armed cross paty with a round laurel wreath between the arms, the obverse bears a left facing head portrait of King WIlhelm I and WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN (Wilhelm, the King of Prussia), the reverse bears a crowned Prussian eagle atop a canon bearing a Danish cross, the 12 oclock arm on the reverse is inscribed with DPPEL, the 3 oclock arm