Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude page 3043 and in AFRO

page 3043 and in AFRO 1861/44 on August 25

12 mm x 95 mm each)

dark brown lacquered

in the original cover

as a hereditary organization to perpetuate the memory of its ancestors and to preserve and promote the legacy of the seventeenth-century Dutch settlers of New Netherland

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons GTRexclude page 3043 and in AFRO(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),