Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Merit Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silvered tombak with red

in silvered tombak with red

dated September 30

measuring 115 mm (w) x 48 mm (h))

It was formally approved by the Queen for award to those who served on the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War

the reverse retaining an intact paper backer

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Merit Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in silvered tombak with red(Auszeichnungen). A pair of awards, including: 1. A Prussian General Honour Medal, Type IV, constructed of partially gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central gilded medallion, overlaid by a raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), the reverse bearing a central gilded medallion, overlaid by a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the six