Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive Prinzen Size - in so

Prinzen Size -  in so called “Prinzen Size”

The Battalion was under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E

large contact mark

on pin in blue box of issue

In bronzed metal (magnetic) and red

Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive Prinzen Size - in so(Militrverdienstmedaille, 2. Prgung). Issued 1915. A round bronze medal; the obverse inscribed with the crowned royal monogram of Paul Alexander Leopold, circumscribed dem Militair Verdienste, with an open ended oak wreath and crossed swords at the bottom; the reverse depicting a Lippian Rose within an open ended laurel wreath; on a loop for suspension from a period original ribbon; measuring 36. 27 mm in diameter; weighing 21. 1 grams; in overall