Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, C.1910 Newly Listed previously awarded has the highest

previously awarded has the highest class of the order with the special class of Collar

faint contact marks but overall near mint condition

Emperor Karl of Austria

accommodating a dagger hanger which has since been lost

with the embossed Department of the Air Force Seal

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, C.1910 Newly Listed previously awarded has the highest(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, 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), unmarked, measuring 38. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 30. 4 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine