Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Franz Merit Medal In Silver Newly Listed measuring 45 mm x 31

measuring 45 mm x 31 mm

period look

protective bars running horizontally around the helmet's bottom edge with another protective bar running from front to back over the crown top

1945 and transferred to the RCAF (Reserve) General Section

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Franz Merit Medal In Silver Newly Listed measuring 45 mm x 31(Verdienstmedaille in Silber). Instituted 28 February 1859 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II. (1859 1872 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENSTE, within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 40. 88 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 0 grams, minor