Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 GTRexclude of textbook design and manufacture

of textbook design and manufacture

He returned to Canada on October 4

inscribed "is awarded to S/Sgt

both tombac prongs present on the reverse

The medals are usually found with an impressed number just below the suspension ring on the reverse

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 GTRexclude of textbook design and manufacture(Medaille fr Verdienst im Kriege 1915). Instituted 7 March 1915 by Duke Bernhard III. (1915 1920 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, with a raised Cross Patte with a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III, the reverse with a raised Cross Patte with a central Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 15 (FOR