Hannover, Kingdom. A Silver Civil Merit Medal, To Schiffscapitain Norwood Archive 2- Hot Baptism of the

2- Hot Baptism of the Red Devils (with four appendices)

along with an assortment of eight Award Booklets

Constructed of a 14 karat Gold

Footnote: This is a very scarce medal that was awarded to Russian and their allies for the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78

slightly bent with missing chips of enamel

Hannover, Kingdom. A Silver Civil Merit Medal, To Schiffscapitain Norwood Archive 2- Hot Baptism of the(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 5 June 1841 by King Ernst August. (1841 1846 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of King Ernst August, circumscribed by name and title with a date of 1837, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of VERDIENST UMS VATERLAND (MERIT TO THE FATHERLAND), the edge carefully engraved with a