Prussia. An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal Newly Listed stating that Mercer's: "Active service

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

A Spanish Cross without Swords

a post he held until the end of the war

as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on October 14

oval shaped silvered bronze

Prussia. An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal Newly Listed stating that Mercer's: "Active service(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