Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction no chipping to wood

no chipping to wood

Both measure 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) and are affixed to the tunic with a fire-gilded magnetic metal button bearing a raised anchor on the inner edge

whose duty it was to keep roads in good repair

He then left Japan

1942 and signed in blue ink by a Major

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction no chipping to wood(Verdienstmedaille fr Militrverdienst). 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 with a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by dates 19. 3. 1851, 13. 4. 1883, and 10 4. 1897, above an inscription of PER ASPERA