Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Yacht Club Merit Medal in Silver, by Adolf Schwerdt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a mottled light

constructed of a mottled light khaki-tan cotton blend

demonstrating pitting and edge nicks throughout the medal with additional evidence of cleaning and polishing

the centre right bears five brass circular shank buttons consisting of a central maple leaf encompassed by a border inscribed with “HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE” (MAY HE BE SHAMED WHO THINKS BADLY OF IT)

bearing a central gilt letter “H”

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Germany, Imperial. An Imperial Yacht Club Merit Medal in Silver, by Adolf Schwerdt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a mottled light(Kaiserlicher Yacht Club Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing raised nautical imagery defaced by a blank void awaiting the addition of a dedication, double marked with the logo of engraver and manufacturer Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart,