Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Newly Listed Footnote: The Equestrian Order of

Footnote: The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is associated with centuries of historical and political intrigue

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chipping evident in the white enamels on the top ray and in the violet enamels on one flower on the right cluster on the reverse

a strip of reinforcing olive green cotton stitched at the right end

measures 21 cm (w) x 14

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Newly Listed Footnote: The Equestrian Order of(Militr Verdienstmedaille). Instituted on 30 May 1850. Type I. A circular silver medal, the obverse with the crowned cipher of Prince Georg Wilhelm within an ornate laurel wreath, the reverse centre inscribed FR MILITAIR VERDIENST (FOR MILITARY MERIT) above crossed cavalry sabres within an ornate laurel wreath, measuring 30. 32 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon with enamelled red cross, and in very fine condition.