Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Archive in oxidized bronze

in oxidized bronze

Footnote:  David Wyse was born in Fifeshire

it was not uncommon for recipients to wait 20 years or more before an opening appeared in the annuity list

The cap measures approximately 290 mm (l) x 130 mm (h) when folded flat

there are few minor dents evident at the bottom of the scabbard

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Archive in oxidized bronzeInstituted 1798 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz. Type IV (1872). In bronze, the obverse featuring a right facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, surrounded by the inscription FRIEDRICH FRANZE GROSSHERZOG V. MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN, the reverse presents the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE surrounded by a wreath with the inscription PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, measures 41. 1mm (w) x 48mm (h inclusive of integral loop), weighs 30. 1 grams, worn on an original