Baden, Grand Duchy. A Gold Merit Award Medal Bar Auction ribbon loop in brass

ribbon loop in brass

He suffered battle wounds in December 1916 and August 1917 but recovered both times and continued fighting

Stuttgart” with a sticker on reverse

and 3 years in Hamilton Field Battery

The painful and weak right hand caused by the shrapnel wound during his encounter at Bellewaerde in May 1915 was a permanent handicap

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Gold Merit Award Medal Bar Auction ribbon loop in brass(Ordensschnalle). An extensive medal bar featuring four decorations, including a Merit Medal in Gold, constructed of 18 karat Gold, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse with a finely detailed leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, unmarked,