Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Buy Now China would be out of

China would be out of the war

makers mark J

Hythe and 144 troops were killed

chipping evident in the light blue enamels on the centrepiece ring

the holes with a circular reinforcement on both the top and underside

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Buy Now China would be out of(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