Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction no chipping to wood

no chipping to wood

Interior is lined in a maroon silk

Instituted on 24 November 1952

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction no chipping to wood(Verdienstmedaille fr Militrverdienst). Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by dates 19. 3. 1851, 13. 4. 1883, and 10 4. 1897, above an inscription of PER ASPERA