Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Auction on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon mounted to a magnetic metal backer with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner

The only heavy weapons in the battalion were a 3 inch mortar and a Vickers machine gun platoon

A set of Waffen-SS Mann collar tabs

this exceptionally rare and attributed example is in an overall extremely fine condition

Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Auction on loop for suspension from(Militr Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 16 May 1832 by Prince Paul Alexander Leopold. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a crowned monogram of Prince Paul Alexander Leopold, circumscribed by an inscription of DEM MILITAIR VERDIENST (TO MILITARY MERIT), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by crossed swords, the reverse bearing a central