Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive A unique Iron cross 1914

A unique Iron cross 1914 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1

Peterson subsequently served in the US Marines in the Korean War

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Footnote: Hermann Graf (1912–1988) was a highly decorated Luftwaffe ace during the Second World War

two -piece construction buckle

Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive A unique Iron cross 1914(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