Germany, Imperial. A 1916 Medal For Berlin War Relief Volunteers By Constantin Starck Auction 4) A Lübeck Veteran’s Association

4) A Lübeck Veteran’s Association

Silvered bronze with carefully affixed copper detailing

Footnote: Pigeons were used during the First and Second War to convey messages to and from the front

Footnote: Stanley Hirst was born on December 24

General Honour Cross (bronze gilt

Germany, Imperial. A 1916 Medal For Berlin War Relief Volunteers By Constantin Starck Auction 4) A Lübeck Veteran’s Association(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Freiwilliger). Constructed of patinated magnetic metal, the obverse with a robed female figure dousing a fire, flanked by an inscription of EDEL SEI DER MENSCH, HILFREICH UND GUT (LET MAN BE NOBLE, HELPFUL, AND GOOD), the reverse with an FUER OPFERWILLIGE HILFELEISTUNG AN IHREN MITBUERGEN IN SCHWERER KRIEGSZEIT DIE STADT BERLIN (FOR HELPFUL SERVICES TO YOUR FELLOWS CITIZENS IN THE DIFFICULT TIME OF WAR IN THE CITY OF BERLIN),