Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type
(Militärverdienstmedaille, 2. Prägung). 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 very fine condition.