Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction the only man killed on

the only man killed on this date

he worked for eight years as a casual labourer

by the National Geographic Society

85 mm (w) x 65

Prussia. A Hohenzollern Service Medal, C.1848 Auction the only man killed onIssued 1848 1849 by Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Circular bronze medal, engraved Reichsadler in centre of engraved circle with VOM FELS ZUM MEER (FROM THE ROCK TO THE SEA) and Leopold cross with embellishment on obverse, Friedrich Wilhelm IV engraved on reverse centre with 1848 at 12 oclock and 1849 at 6 oclock, SEINEN BIS IN DEN TOD GETREUEN KRIEGERN (HIS DEADLY WARRIORS) engraved on border, measuring 29. 92 mm (w) x 35. 63 mm (h), with black ribbon with