Prussia. An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal Newly Listed oval shaped silvered bronze

oval shaped silvered bronze

a post he held until the end of the war

stating that Mercer's: "Active service condition and advancing age" was an issue

A Spanish Cross without Swords

with 1) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with Swords

Prussia. An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal Newly Listed oval shaped silvered bronze(Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille Zentenarmedaille); A gilt bronze medal; the obverse with a leftward facing bust of Kaiser Wilhelm, inscribed Wilhelm der Grosse Deutscher Kaiser, Koenig von Preussen (German Wilhelm the Great German Kaiser, King of Prussia); the reverse inscribed Zum andenken an den hundertsten Geburtstag des Grossen Kaisers Wilhelm I, 1797 22 Maerz 1897 (German In remembrance of the one hundredth birthday of Wilhelm I); measuring