Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction the Spanish-American War Veterans and

the Spanish-American War Veterans and the Servicemen of the Spanish War joined to form the United Spanish War Veterans

Initially known as German Naval Union (Deutschen Marine-Bund

maker marked “Arkanzas Gesch

small indentation and scuff mark on the lid

Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction the Spanish-American War Veterans and(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 26 September 1878 by Prince Georg Victor. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a clasp of crossed swords, in turn on a suspension loop with its period original ribbon, the obverse of the medal featuring a monogram of Prince Georg Victor, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST, unmarked, the medal measuring 30. 32 mm in diameter, the swords measuring 31.