Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed the underside of the straps

the underside of the straps in midnight blue wool

metal base

be included for the first time in a veterans group

the chape with ball finial

overall extremely fine despite showing signs of period use

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed the underside of the straps(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,