Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed 54 mm x 129 mm

54 mm x 129 mm

(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille des Deutsche Adlers)

there is a part-border of oak leaves with the remaining border section an inscription reading “TREUE UM TREUE SAAR 1935” (Loyal and True Saar 1935)

which is signed and closed off as of 6 January 1944

18th Field Artillery

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed 54 mm x 129 mm(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,