Germany, Imperial. A War Commemorative Medal for 1870/71 for Combatants, with Battle Clasps consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by laurel and oak

flanked by laurel and oak branches

vulcanfibre body with a lacquered

attended the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts and was trained in Europe

Hungarian crown on the lid

on a red wool field

Germany, Imperial. A War Commemorative Medal for 1870/71 for Combatants, with Battle Clasps consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by laurel and oak(Kriegsdenkmnze fr Kmpfer 1870 1871 mit Gefechtspangen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the former pinned with five battle clasps, including LE MANS, BEAUME LA ROLANDE, METZ, GRAVELOTTE ST. PRIVAT, VIONVILLE MARS LA TOUR, unmarked, measuring 29. 06 mm in diameter, a medal to a highly experienced combatant of the Franco Prussian War in extremely fine condition.