Germany, Imperial. A South West Africa Commemorative Campaign Medal for Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity It was unrestricted by birth

It was unrestricted by birth or education and could therefore be awarded to anyone (as opposed to the Order of the Polar Star

he returned to regular service and was preparing to be transferred to the 19th Infantry Battalion Overseas

On the front are four small outside facing plain black bakelite buttons at the opening

The peak insignia measures 36 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) overall

A fuller runs the length of each side of the blade

Germany, Imperial. A South West Africa Commemorative Campaign Medal for Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity It was unrestricted by birth(Sdwest Afrika Denkmnze fr Nichtkmpfer). Constructed of silvered magnetic steel, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a 1893 95 campaign bar retrieved from a Colonial Medal, the obverse bearing a raised depiction 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 VERDIENST UM DIE EXPEDITION (SERVICE TO THE