Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 Auction Archive with text in black ink

with text in black ink

gilding on clasp completely faded

57mm (x87mm including crown suspension)

a United Nations Emergency Force Canada Cap Badge (in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 Auction Archive with text in black ink(Medaille fr Verdienst im Kriege 1915). Instituted 7 March 1915 by Duke Bernhard III. (1915 1920 issue). A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a central raised cross paty with a central monogram of Duke Bernard III, with a crown at the 12 oclock arm, encompassed by an oak leaf wreath with ribbon throughout, the reverse bears a cross paty with a central SAxon coat of arms, circumscribed by FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 15 (FOR MERIT