Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal United Republic of and a Berlin Olympiade Information

and a Berlin Olympiade Information Pamphlet (text in English

but non-matching (nearly identical) Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Troops) Enlisted Man’s slip-on style shoulder boards

"1914-1916" on the reverse

They stood at attention for 32 consecutive hours with their bare feet on a cement floor

he embarked England for the French theatre

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal United Republic of and a Berlin Olympiade Information(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.