Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, C.1910 Newly Listed loop on the reverse

loop on the reverse

some faint surface corrosion on the obverse (uncleaned)

59 mm (w) x 14

a Probation Officer at the Court House in Martinez

marked on reverse by make (Wilhelm Deumer

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, C.1910 Newly Listed loop on the reverse(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 38. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 4 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine