Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction Archive Major George S

Major George S

on its original ribbon suspended from a bronze gilt and green enamelled hanger with vertical pinback

the reverse inscribed “IX”

the obverse with a central silver gilt medallion bearing the Royal Prussian crown

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction Archive Major George S(Verdienstmedaille fr Militrverdienst). Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by dates 19. 3. 1851, 13. 4. 1883, and 10 4. 1897, above an inscription of PER ASPERA