Saxony, Kingdom. A Silver Merit Medal, With “1914” Ribbon Clasp GTRexclude along with a Newspaper Photograph

along with a Newspaper Photograph and Article

Footnote: This Iron Cross was a private purchase award

etched with an intricate patterned design centred by a crowned anchor on both sides

30 mm x 85 mm each)

Type III (1894-1918) - Silver

Saxony, Kingdom. A Silver Merit Medal, With “1914” Ribbon Clasp GTRexclude along with a Newspaper Photograph(Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Bandspange 1914) Post 1914. Constructed of silvered war alloy (non magnetic); the obverse depicting a leftward facing bust of Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse depicting a Merit Cross, circumscribed FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (Latin Faithfully and Consistently); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon; measuring 33. 74 mm in diameter; weighing 19. 6 grams with its ribbon; in