Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction England on September 13

England on September 13

Type II (from 1855)

marked "987" (silver) and assay office marked "K" (Kosice) on the pin

suspended from a period original ribbon

the snake and caduceus insignia in bronze below

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction England on September 13(Medaille fr Leistungen in Tierzucht mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IN DER TIERZUCHT (FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN ANIMAL BREEDING), circumscribed by an inscription of DER REICHSMINISTER FR ERNHRUNG UND LANDWIRTSCHAFT (THE REICH MINISTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE), unmarked, measuring 50 mm in