The Volunteer Combatant’s Medal 1914-1918 poncho a large laurel branch extending

a large laurel branch extending diagonally from the bottom left to the top right and bisected by the relief inscription on two lines in Latin “SALUS PATRIAE SUPREMA LEX“

Authenticity: Original 1916 production

and the subsequent action on the Hohenzollern Redoubt

performance

The Volunteer Combatant’s Medal 1914-1918 poncho a large laurel branch extendingThe award was given for voluntary enlistment and service in a combat unit in a danger zone for not less than 6 months during the First World War. Later, the eligibility criteria was extended to include volunteers, older than 40 years of age who had served for 3 months in a combat unit in a danger zone, who were older than 50 years of age who had served for 1 month in a combat unit in a danger zone, and medical personnel who had served for 2 years in