Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Merit Medal, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity white and green embroidery

white and green embroidery

The left panel also features a strip of aluminum cord piping signifying the rank of Sturmmann (later Obersturmann)

functional but fragile exterior metal hinge

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 28828 of Tuesday

George Simpson

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Merit Medal, Silver Grade certificate_of_authenticity white and green embroidery(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 25 October 1869. (1911 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Adolf II circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central coat of arms circumscribed by an inscription of Fr Treue und Verdienst (For Faith and Service), marked on the edge Silber with a content number of 990, measuring 32. 49 mm in diameter, weighing 24. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.