Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive Both full-time and volunteer fire

Both full-time and volunteer fire fighters can qualify for the medal

The exterior of the cap is constructed of average quality field-gray wool

BEFORE HE DIED Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30) was an elite Luftwaffe bomber squadron during the Second World War

center reverse impressed with Japanese script

Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive Both full-time and volunteer fire(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.