Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed loop for suspension marked “23”

loop for suspension marked “23” (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Gravur-und-Ziselierung

54 mm x 129 mm

(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille des Deutsche Adlers)

there is a part-border of oak leaves with the remaining border section an inscription reading “TREUE UM TREUE SAAR 1935” (Loyal and True Saar 1935)

45 mm (w) x 69

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Newly Listed loop for suspension marked “23”(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 30 September 1866 by Grand Duke Friedrich I. (1868 1881 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR SERVICE), within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 40. 58 mm in diameter,