advertising SIEBENTE OESTERR
the obverse trimmed with dual bands of machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire piping
the handle ends with an ovular loop
Both links of chain complete in a stylized knotted swastika
Naming on the BS as been spelled incorrectly the "A" an "I" transposed
Germany, Imperial. A Military Messenger Pigeon Distinguished Breeding Medal, With Case certificate_of_authenticity advertising SIEBENTE OESTERR(Brieftauben Wesen Medaille mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, the oberse bearing a raised messenger pigeon perched on top of a pillar, set against a rural landscape with a rising sun, the reverse bearing an engraved and wreathed inscription of DEM VIERFACHEN SIEGER 1930 (TO THE FOURFOLD WINNER 1930), unmarked, measuring 40 mm diameter, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of a heavy card stock frame with a faux dark