Footnote: Peace Medals were instrumental in building relationships with the various Native Tribes
ball finial missing on the lower arm of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
marked "925" (silver) on the loop
The collection is in extremely fine condition
with Johnston later transferred to the 21st Infantry Battalion
Prussia, Kingdom. A Friedrich Wilhelm IV Marksmanship Medal By Gottfried Bernhard Loos Newly Listed Footnote: Peace Medals were instrumental(Schtzenabzeichen). Constructed of bronze,the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a Prussian Imperial Eagle, flanked by oak leaf branches, above crossed standards, and circumscribed by an inscription of AUSZEICHNUNG FR DEN BESTEN SCHTZEN (AWARD FOR THE BEST MARKSMEN), the reverse with an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 37 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine