Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Merit Medal In Bronze 1914 Archive A gold grade Mother’s Cross

A gold grade Mother’s Cross (“Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter”)

gilt almost entirely worn off due to age and wear

measuring 66 mm (w) x 125 mm (l) x 22 mm (h)

Officer's Version - Multi-piece construction

fifty-two Territorial Cap Badge Cards by Walters' "Palm" Toffee (in black and yellow inks)

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Merit Medal In Bronze 1914 Archive A gold grade Mother’s Cross(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Bronze 1914). Instituted 1914 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1914 1919). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914), within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 35. 08 mm in diameter, weighing 20. 2