Germany, Imperial. A Rare Commemorative Badge for General Adjutants of Kaiser Wilhelm II, by Johann Wagner & Sohn United Republic of of Helsinki

of Helsinki

Silvered brass insignia illustrating a single-prop plane flying through the clouds

silver and silver-gilt palms and lion ribbon emblems were awarded for various categories of Mention in Dispatches

the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Commemorative Badge for General Adjutants of Kaiser Wilhelm II, by Johann Wagner & Sohn United Republic of of Helsinki(Erinnerungsabzeichen fr die Generaladjutanten der deutschen Kaiser). Instituted 3 December 1888 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1888 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an ornate ribbon, topped by an imperial crown, and surrounding a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II situated over a hollow void, the reverse with four visible rivets securing the monogram