Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Newly Listed It was also one of

It was also one of the few daylight bombing missions the RAF was to have participated in

September 1917 war Riga frei” with an outline of the city of Riga while reverse bears crossed keys surrounded by an oak wreath

measuring 24 mm (w) x 245 mm (l)

Hanau” on the reverse

with a central applique consisting of a SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed sunwheel swastika

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Newly Listed It was also one of(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, Prototyp). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Georg of Saxe Meiningen, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, with a stylized wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 36. 17