Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A 1914 General Honour Medal For Merit With Swords, Silver Grade Newly Listed An SS Long Service Award

An SS Long Service Award by Deschler & Söhn

19” and marked “Ges

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the reverse with a Thai demigod centrally on a plinth

attached to a green-tinged khaki wool swatch pressed with a green wax seal stamped "INSPECTION BOARD U

Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A 1914 General Honour Medal For Merit With Swords, Silver Grade Newly Listed An SS Long Service Award(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber Dem Verdienste 1914 mit Schwerterspange). Instituted 25 June 1902 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with sword clasp, the obverse with a central leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914), within a