Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal United Republic of gilt aluminum Italian Republic coat-of-arms

gilt aluminum Italian Republic coat-of-arms on the lid

with a ribbon banner inscribed "MITT GOTT FUR KOENIG UND VATERLAND" (With God for King and Country)

It is dated to Stuttgart on August 22

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

features a black fabric base with three silver/grey rank pips

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal United Republic of gilt aluminum Italian Republic coat-of-arms(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.