Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction 1920 Mexican Cross for Loyalty

1920 Mexican Cross for Loyalty - Silver gilt and enamels

one printed in black ink

and Prussian Long Service Medal

with a layer of copper-brown piping bearing four rows of silver aluminum wire with a single gilded bronze rank pip

Prussia, Kingdom. A Warrior Merit Medal, C.1900 Auction 1920 Mexican Cross for Loyalty(Krieger Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1835 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1873 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central inscription of KRIEGER VERDIENST (WARRIOR MERIT), the reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I, unmarked, measuring 25. 06 grams (inclusive of ribbon), weighing 9. 1 grams, in better than very fine condition.