Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Hold two are marked ""PAT

two are marked ""PAT

ROTHE WIEN in addition to the official State hallmarks "A A"

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Downing embarked the United Kingdom on June 4

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Hold two are marked ""PAT(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