Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War 1915 Archive all stitched to brown cloth

all stitched to brown cloth backing

the wound in the sole of his foot was stitched up

RUE DE LA RUCHE BRUXELLES SCHAERBEEK"" and marked ""FABRICANT D'ORDRES FOURNISSEUR DU GOUVERNEMENT"" (Manufacturer and Supplier of Orders to the Government) on the reverse cartouche

Type I (1881-1941) (in silvered bronze with red and white enamels

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War 1915 Archive all stitched to brown cloth(Medaille fr Verdienste im Kriege 1915). Instituted 7 March 1915 by Duke Bernhard III. (1915 1920 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Cross Patte bearing a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III, set within a circular oak leaf border, the reverse bearing an analogous raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxe Meiningen coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FR