Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude 60mm in diameter and weighing

60mm in diameter and weighing 12

in the original cover

dark brown lacquered

loss of silver finish evident

Has been under hospital treatment about five months but foot is still flat and is painful in walking

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude 60mm in diameter and weighing(Brieftaubenwesen Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a central raised messenger pigeon in mid flight, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSVERBAND FR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARRIER PIGEONS), the reverse bearing a central raised year of 1938 situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE FLUGLEISTUNGEN (FOR MERITORIOUS FLIGHT PERFORMANCE),