Germany, Imperial. A 1916 Medal For Berlin War Relief Volunteers By Constantin Starck Auction Berlin 68 (marked on reverse)

Berlin 68 (marked on reverse)

along with his Obituary from the New York Times of October 16

651093 Private William Albert Jewitt was in action when he suffered gun shot (shrapnel) wounds to his head on October 19

landing there on the 26th

He had formed a Home Guard unit from Americans living in London

Germany, Imperial. A 1916 Medal For Berlin War Relief Volunteers By Constantin Starck Auction Berlin 68 (marked on reverse)(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Freiwilliger). Constructed of patinated magnetic metal, the obverse with a robed female figure dousing a fire, flanked by an inscription of EDEL SEI DER MENSCH, HILFREICH UND GUT (LET MAN BE NOBLE, HELPFUL, AND GOOD), the reverse with an FUER OPFERWILLIGE HILFELEISTUNG AN IHREN MITBUERGEN IN SCHWERER KRIEGSZEIT DIE STADT BERLIN (FOR HELPFUL SERVICES TO YOUR FELLOWS CITIZENS IN THE DIFFICULT TIME OF WAR IN THE CITY OF BERLIN),