Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Newly Listed plus a Hitler Youth badge

plus a Hitler Youth badge in red

Footnote: The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is associated with centuries of historical and political intrigue

two kilometers south of Point Tagan on Matsuwa Island in the Kuriles

Footnote: Private John D

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal Newly Listed plus a Hitler Youth badge(Militr Verdienstmedaille). Instituted on 30 May 1850. Type I. A circular silver medal, the obverse with the crowned cipher of Prince Georg Wilhelm within an ornate laurel wreath, the reverse centre inscribed FR MILITAIR VERDIENST (FOR MILITARY MERIT) above crossed cavalry sabres within an ornate laurel wreath, measuring 30. 32 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon with enamelled red cross, and in very fine condition.