Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Badge, C.1918 Hold Meissner was arrested by the

Meissner was arrested by the Allies and interrogated as a witness in the Nuremberg Trials

1944 he was admitted to a field hospital for unspecified wounds

listing his birth name and not unit

with golden celluloid accents on the wings and wreath to give definition

MAC NICOLL

Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Badge, C.1918 Hold Meissner was arrested by the(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Bronze). Instituted 27 January 1912 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1912 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, above a date of 1912, the reverse with an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, unmarked, measuring 39. 34 mm in diameter, in