Solingen with the company's later period squirrel insignia
an oval frame containing the left-facing bust of his alleged assassin
After the Childers Reforms of 1881
It retains a functional spring catch at the throat
Footnote: For a published example
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot Of Medals Newly Listed Solingen with the company's later(Medaillen). A mixed lot of five medals, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 19 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams, in near mint condition. 2. A War Merit Cross