Both full-time and volunteer fire fighters can qualify for the medal
obverse illustrating an officer standing in full dress uniform
This cap is in black gabardine wool with a traditional high peak
The exterior of the cap is constructed of average quality field-gray wool
the exterior with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire with dual bands of light blue stripes
Waldeck, Principality. A Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, C.1915 Auction Archive Both full-time and volunteer fire(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 26 September 1878 by Prince Georg Victor. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a clasp of crossed swords, in turn on a suspension loop with its period original ribbon, the obverse of the medal featuring a monogram of Prince Georg Victor, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST, unmarked, the medal measuring 30. 32 mm in diameter, the swords measuring 31.