Germany (Imperial): Kyffhauser 1914-1918 War Veterans Commemorative Medal

The Medal was instituted in 1922 and, until the issue of the Cross of Honour (a.k.a Hindenburg Cross) that was issued retrospectively to Great War veterans in 1934, was often the only medal worn by German veterans of the Great War

The Kyffhäuserbund der Deutschen Landeskriegerverbände veterans’ organisation had been established some years before World War I and Field Marshal Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was its President of Honour during the 1920s

By decree of the Nazi Government the Kyffhauser 1914-1918 War Veterans Commemorative Medal was made obsolete in 1934

The medal retaining its original narrow riband, with pin-back fittings as worn

Condition: GVF

Code: 23325