Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Merit Medal In Silver United Republic of A stickpin style miniature

A stickpin style miniature

and fidelity"") on red enamel surround

measuring 105 mm x 55 mm

the six o’clock arm with a date of “1917”

"If I can get a Lieutenant and three men who will volunteer to go ahead and see what is in front of us and report to me

Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Merit Medal In Silver United Republic of A stickpin style miniature(Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a raised and finely detailed rightward facing profile of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse Kassel, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within a laurel wreath, the edge marked ACADEMIE DER BILDENEN KUNSTE (ACADEMY OF VISUAL ARTS), the obverse marked K for an unconfirmed maker, measuring 37. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 7