Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude 1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy

1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy for enlisted men in recognition of extreme bravery in combat

he wrote "In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife

black thread embroidery in arrow format indicating rank of Bezirksführer

5 mm (w) X 40 mm (h)

I visited him in hospital but I was not aware at that time that he had an amputation

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude 1939 by Admiral Miklos Horthy(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