Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive tongues had been cut off

tongues had been cut off

dedication or humanity

James Nugent Gape and Kenneth Henry Surtees Gape

large contact mark

consisting of a Clasp to the Iron Cross 1939 First Class (loop had previously broken off and was repaired using thin wire - which has also separated from the chain)

Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive tongues had been cut off(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