Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1890 GTRexclude with a smooth-finished dark brown

with a smooth-finished dark brown upper and raw underside

the obverse centre consisting of an engraved armed soldier walking over the map of northern Caribbean

obverse illustrating the New York State coat-of-arms in the centre

row on row

9 cm (w) x 6

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Merit Medal, Silver Grade, C.1890 GTRexclude with a smooth-finished dark brown(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 21 November by Prince Adolph Georg. (1885 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Prince Adolph Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central crowned Schaumburg Lippe coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE UND VERDIENST (FOR LOYALTY AND SERVICE), unmarked, measuring