Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Rare Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade, C.1830 Auction This SS Totenkopf Dachau made

This SS Totenkopf Dachau made tab features the embroidered Totenkopf in silvery-grey threads

The award ceased to exist with the abolition of the Romanian Monarchy in 1947

Fabricated from silk with a central white field flanked by wide orange stripes on either edge

adorned by a Mural crown in bronze gilt

and maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie

Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate. A Rare Military Merit Medal, Gold Grade, C.1830 Auction This SS Totenkopf Dachau made(Goldene Militrverdienstmedaille). Instituted in 1821 by Elector Wilhelm II. (1821 1832 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Elector Wilhelm II circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST inside of a laurel wreath, tied together at the bottom by a ribbon, the edge with an inscription of DER BILDENDEN KNSTE ACADEMIE (THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY), unmarked,