Baden, Duchy. A Silver Civil Merit Medal Hold makers cartouche of VINC

makers cartouche of VINC

Its military function was the organization of Black Shirt battalions fro service within each division of the Royal Army

1912 Campaign Medal

obverse centre exhibiting a detailed superposed Venezuelan coat of arms

Baden, Duchy. A Silver Civil Merit Medal Hold makers cartouche of VINC(Verdienstmedaille). Instituted in 1769. Type XI. (1908 Issue). A circular silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich II in uniform, circumscribed by the inscription FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, maker marked with the engravers initials RM, the reverse centre inscribed FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) within a circular oak wreath, measuring 38. 33 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original