Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal United Republic of depicting a detailed pebbled design

depicting a detailed pebbled design with “Einigkeit/Recht/Freiheit” (Unity

but the tunic is in an otherwise better than very fine condition

She had one sister

having been recovered from the sunken hull of the USS Oklahoma

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal United Republic of depicting a detailed pebbled design(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienst im Kriege). Instituted on 7 March 1915. (1918 Issue). A zink medal, the centre obverse presents the letter B for Bernhard, on a cross patte, with an outer ring of dense oak leaves, the reverse presents the Saxony coat of arms, on the centre of the cross, surrounded by a ring inscribed FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) IM KRIEGE (IN WAR) 1914 15, measuring 39. 26 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original combat