Hanover, Kingdom. An 1846-1878 Hanoverian Gold Merit Medal Archive Stitched onto the upper right

Stitched onto the upper right flap is an insignia consisting of a dark blue-grey wool base bearing a central hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Bundeswehr-style German national eagle

circumscribed by a Church Slavonic inscription reading “GOD IS WITH US

six taken in a studio setting with two showing the soldier bearing a rifle

the tunic measuring 450 mm across the shoulders x 730 mm in length

Hanover, Kingdom. An 1846-1878 Hanoverian Gold Merit Medal Archive Stitched onto the upper rightMedal in solid gold, King Ernst August (1846 1878), 36mm, weighs 38 grams, "large head" version (OEK729), rim impressed "PAPE.", good very fine, and rare.