Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Merit Medal In Silver United Republic of with olive cotton backer strip

with olive cotton backer strip sewn to the bottom of the tongue

All are fabricated from bronze

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

A stickpin style miniature

measuring 105 mm x 55 mm

Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Merit Medal In Silver United Republic of with olive cotton backer strip(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