illustrating a machine gunner (AKA "Tommy") in a seated position behind the machine gun
scarce and unusual Olympic related item
the chocolate coloured and wonderfully preserved original leather tab firmly attached to the buckle
Overall better than fine to near very fine condition
with a ledger grid printed on the reverse
A Military General Service Medal To 2Nd Lieut Augustus Pfankuche; King’s German Artillery GTRexclude illustrating a machine gunner (AKAA Military General Service Medal to 2nd Lieutenant Augustus Pfankuche, Kings German Artillery: NIVE, ORTHES, TOULOUSE (2: LIEUT. AUGUSTUS PFANKUCHE. K. G. L.). Naming is contemporary re engraved in capitals. Replacement ribbon, pitted, light contact, very fine. Footnote: Augustus Pfankuche was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Kings German Artillery on October 29, 1811. He served in the Peninsula in 1812 1813, in the South of France in 1813 1814, in the