Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive James Nugent Gape and Kenneth

James Nugent Gape and Kenneth Henry Surtees Gape

consisting of a Clasp to the Iron Cross 1939 First Class (loop had previously broken off and was repaired using thin wire - which has also separated from the chain)

never worn

The Battalion was under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E

Lippe. A Military Merit Medal, Second Type Archive James Nugent Gape and Kenneth(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