Footnote: The medal was instituted on April 24 1912 by Decree 1879 of the Sovereign Council of the Order
A Spanish Order of Military Merit with Red Distinction
Accompanied by a mixed lot of 18 award documents
bearing the Imperial Orchid Blossom Crest on the top of the obverse of the medal with Vertical Japanese Characters translating to “Promotion of Harmony”
on its full-length original neck ribbon with dual hook and eye
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A EM/NCO’s Dickie and Tie, Marked and Owner-Attributed Example Auction Footnote: The medal was instituted(Kriegsmarine Brusthemd fr Mannschaften und Unterfhrer). A matching set of Kriegsmarine EM NCO uniform accessories, including a dickie, constructed of a white cotton bib with drawstrings, emanating from a blue cotton collar adorned with three white cotton tresses, stamped with a mark of B. A. W. 3. 4. 39. indicating issue by Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven, overlaid on the opposite side by a hand stitched service number in red threading, situated above a