Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of better very fine condition

better very fine condition

with ground visibilities down to zero/zero

Medal of Merit of the Reichsminister for Food and Agriculture

with chipping on the 5 o’clock sword

measures 315 mm at the waist and 775 mm length in the legs

Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 United Republic of better very fine condition(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 26 September 1878 by Prince Georg Victor. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a clasp of crossed swords, in turn on a suspension loop with its period original ribbon, the obverse of the medal featuring a monogram of Prince Georg Victor, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST, unmarked, the medal measuring 30. 32 mm in diameter, the swords measuring 31.