Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Archive measuring 61 mm x 12

measuring 61 mm x 12 mm

Haertl of Jasta 1 near Pieve di Soligo

suspended from a GOLD device housing ribbon (25mm x 16mm)

the case missing a piece on the left side of the clear plastic lid)

was posted to France with the 6th Black Watch in January 1940

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Archive measuring 61 mm x 12(Verdienstmedaille fr Zivilverdienst). Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (THROUGH DESTINY TO LIGHT), unmarked, measuring