Waldeck, Principality. A Rare Medal For Art And Science, Large Version, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity overlaid by silver initials “LU”

overlaid by silver initials “LU” for Latvijas Universitāte (University of Latvia)

Type II with Regular Leaf bearing a thin "47

nickel plating and plastic

right after the beginning of the war

the mandatory work year in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = National Labour Service)

Waldeck, Principality. A Rare Medal For Art And Science, Large Version, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity overlaid by silver initials “LU”(Groe Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted 3 July 1857 by Prince Georg Viktor. (1903 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a red and white enameled crown with a pebbled gilt frame, in turn culminating in a suspension loop retaining a period original ribbon, featuring a central blue enameled disc, in turn overlaid by a