Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Hold reverse with two stays as

reverse with two stays as well as pin assembly

He served in England during the war and was discharged upon demobilization on July 7

in white and yellow rayon on green rayon base

swing mounted as originally worn

Type I with Wheat Sheaf

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal Hold reverse with two stays as(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 38. 42 mm in diameter, in near very fine condition.