Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer Archive Bruise to edge

Bruise to edge

The raised spine of the helmet with a two-part silvered metal strip running from the top of the helmet plate to its conclusion at the outer edge of the neck guard

naming in raised lettering

born April 23rd 1921 at Note Dame du Lous

43 mm (w) x 66

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer Archive Bruise to edge(Silberne Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked RM for Rudolf Mayer,