Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Merit Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It was formally approved by

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

dated September 30

he was discharged from service

the reverse retaining an intact paper backer

in silvered tombak with red

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Merit Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It was formally approved by(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