Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pinned onto the peak of

Pinned onto the peak of the cap is a silvered bronze insignia consisting of a first pattern SA/SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

1916) in Duncan

printed in four color inks on a thick off-white paper stock

88 mm (h - inclusive ring suspension)

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pinned onto the peak of(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 5 August 1895 by Grand Duke Carl Alexander. (1892 1902 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Carl Alexander, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked HELFRICHT F., the edge with a silver