United Kingdom. A Shooting Medal to Private C.F. Pinney, Ashburton Shield, 1880 Province of China displaying a German national eagle

displaying a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Richard Adolf Zutt (1887-1938) was a Swiss artist working in Hungary during the First World War

measuring 295 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

Affixed to the cap band directly beneath the eagle is a second insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire oak leaf wreath

reverse with central pin assembly flanked by two stays

United Kingdom. A Shooting Medal to Private C.F. Pinney, Ashburton Shield, 1880 Province of China displaying a German national eagleIn silver, the obverse presents a coat of arms with flowers, fleur de lis and lion, along with the inscription FLOREAT ETONA (Let It Flourish), reverse engraved ASHBURTON SHIELD 1880, rim engraved PRIVATE C. F. PINNEY, measures 38. 3 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), worn on ornate suspension with small light blue ribbon, small contact marks, in extremely fine condition.