Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed which is signed and closed

which is signed and closed off as of 6 January 1944

45 mm (w) x 69

rising in wartime and displaced 12

54 mm x 129 mm

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed which is signed and closed(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 30 September 1866 by Grand Duke Friedrich I. (1868 1881 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR SERVICE), within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 40. 58 mm in diameter,