Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration Auction Archive stamped "B83271 SGT

stamped "B83271 SGT

the obverse with an early Luftwaffe eagle with down-swept tail feathers clutching a mobile swastika

Grunwald insignia on the reverse

measuring 117 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

intact enamels on the ORBL

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration Auction Archive stamped "B83271 SGT(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienst im Kriege). Instituted on 7 March 1915. (1918 Issue). A zink medal, the centre obverse presents the letter B for Bernhard, on a cross patte, with an outer ring of dense oak leaves, surmounted by the imperial crown, the reverse presents the Saxony coat of arms, on the centre of the cross, surrounded by a ring inscribed FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) IM KRIEGE (IN WAR) 1914 15, measuring 39. 64 mm (w) x 60. 46 mm (h inclusive of