Serbia, Kingdom. A Medal For Civil Merit, Ii Class Case, By Huguenin Freres, C.1905 Newly Listed as the USS Asheville had

as the USS Asheville had been "lost due to enemy action while en route from Java to Australia"

slotted medal bed with a functional exterior metal hinge

and almost four months later

a typewritten letter from Brückner to Gauleiter Josef Bürckel

white mesh support on the reverse

Serbia, Kingdom. A Medal For Civil Merit, Ii Class Case, By Huguenin Freres, C.1905 Newly Listed as the USS Asheville had(Medalja za gradanske zasluge). Instituted in 1902. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, the exterior with a white dimpled paper covering on five sides, the bottom with a pebbled black paper covering, the lid bearing the inscription " II" in gold coloured ink, inside lid lined in white satin, padded and maker marked "HUGUENIN FRRES & Co Mdailleurs LE LOCLE (Suisse)" in French and Serbian, white fabric wrapped cardboard insert placed within the