United States. A Brooklyn, New York Civil War Service Medal, 1866 certificate_of_authenticity accompanied by a secret documents

accompanied by a secret documents stamp

a rare memento of an HJ high official in very fine condition

and you likewise to observe and execute the General Printed Instructions and such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from us or any other your Superior Officers for His Majesty's Service

Iron Cross Second Class that has been privately altered into First Class of the Award

United States. A Brooklyn, New York Civil War Service Medal, 1866 certificate_of_authenticity accompanied by a secret documentsIn bronze, presenting soldier on the obverse within an oval beaded ring with the inscription PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF BROOKLYN TO ONE OF ITS VETERANS 1866, the reverse features a female figure holding a Roman fasces with a scroll above inscribed EEN DRACHT MACKT MAGHT (In Unity there is Strength), surmounted by a helmet, measures 33. 53 mm (w) x 50. 95 mm (h), worn on an aged but incorrect ribbon, complete with bronze clasp with horizontal pin on