center reverse impressed with Japanese script
This cap is in black gabardine wool with a traditional high peak
Both full-time and volunteer fire fighters can qualify for the medal
obverse illustrating an officer standing in full dress uniform
residue present on both the lining of the lid and medal bed
Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive center reverse impressed with Japanese(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.