Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War 1915 Hold Footnote: The medal was created

Footnote: The medal was created on April 5

Thomas Skinner of Paris

maker mark on reverse for “RZM M1/128” for Eugen Schmidhäussler of Pforzheim

as documented in a Medical Report

later to be struck off strength on transfer to the Western Ontario Regimental Depot at Hastings on March 10

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War 1915 Hold Footnote: The medal was created(Medaille fr Verdienst im Kriege 1915). Instituted 7 March 1915 by Duke Bernhard III. (1915 1920 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III, within an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM KRIEGE 1914 15 (FOR MERIT IN