Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Buy Now on a blue backer

on a blue backer

three drill holes (one lightly cracked)

the reverse with a central inscription of “EIN VOLK

overlaid by a central raised transitional Stahlhelm

9 mm across shoulders

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Buy Now on a blue backer(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, Prototyp). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Georg of Saxe Meiningen, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, with a stylized wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 36. 17