A Russian Priest’s Cross Award for the Crimean War - In solid bronze
the son of Leslie Hall Jenks (1849-1910) and Nancy Wesson Jenks (nee Cushing
on loop for suspension - marked “44” for “Jacob Bengel
the brocade is constructed of tightly woven aluminum gilt bullion interlaced with red and black stripes
He signed his Attestation Paper with the 156th Infantry Battalion
Germany, Imperial. A Southwest Africa Commemorative Medal for Combatants Newly Listed A Russian Priest’s Cross Award(Sdwest Afrika Denkmnze fr Kmpfer). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a leftward facing profile of Germania, circumscribed by an inscription of SUEDWEST AFRIKA 1904 06, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an inscription of DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN (TO THE VICTORIOUS FIGHTERS), unmarked, measuring 32. 58 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 7 grams, in