Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Hold flanked on each side by

flanked on each side by silvered bronze loops holding in place braided red cords completing in tassles

Downing embarked the United Kingdom on June 4

scarce early example

As his mother had pre-deceased him the previous June

ROTHE WIEN in addition to the official State hallmarks "A A"

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Hold flanked on each side by(Verdienstmedaille fr Zivilverdienst). 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 bearing a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (THROUGH DESTINY TO LIGHT), unmarked, measuring