Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht Archive eight rivets hold the cross

eight rivets hold the cross and crown

Footnote: This is a really fantastic grouping belonging to Ludwig Dutz who served in both the First World War and the Second World War

The war did not end until 1870 with the death of Paraguay’s dictator

Brothers at Dieppe - 1939-1945 Star

1918 and after a couple of stops at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camps in July and August

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht Archive eight rivets hold the cross(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