Schleswig-Holstein. A 1917 Medal For 25 Years Of Loyal Service As A Deaconess certificate_of_authenticity on a white woven cotton

on a white woven cotton blended backer

white and dark orange enamels

Hipkiss signed his first Attestation Paper as a Private (53686) with the 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment"

1898 in Macknaw

maker marked "WEISS & Co

Schleswig-Holstein. A 1917 Medal For 25 Years Of Loyal Service As A Deaconess certificate_of_authenticity on a white woven cottonA round silver medal; the obverse depicint the leftward facing bust of Auguste Victoria, circumscribed by her name and title; the reverse inscribed FR XXV JAHRE TREUER DIENSTE ALS DIAKONISSIN 1917 (German For 25 Years of Loyal Service as a Deaconess); on a dual loop for suspension; measuring 39. 18 mm in diameter; weighing 23. 0 grams; in overall very fine condition.