Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude a centrepiece from a Saxon

a centrepiece from a Saxon Order of the Rue Crown

reverse is backed with black paper and has a horizontal wire for hanging

Printed in black and red inks

suspended from a bronze bar with ball finials at either end

the recessed areas of the letters and numbering with black enamels

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude a centrepiece from a Saxon(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 5 August 1895 by Grand Duke Carl Alexander. (1892 1902 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Carl Alexander, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked HELFRICHT F., the edge with a silver