Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal GTRexclude 85 mm x 120 mm

85 mm x 120 mm

he was posted to the 4th Company 8th Sea Group

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 225th Infantry Division

each constructed of field-grey cotton and wool

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal GTRexclude 85 mm x 120 mm(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 38. 42 mm in diameter, in near very fine condition.