Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive dedication or humanity

dedication or humanity

tongues had been cut off

James Nugent Gape and Kenneth Henry Surtees Gape

never worn

the lanyard with a silvered aluminum insignia illustrating an eagle within a wreath of oak leaves

Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive dedication or humanity(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