Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A 1914 General Honour Decoration, Silver Grade, With Swords Archive Certificate from Roseanne M

Certificate from Roseanne M

The reverse is plain and bears a centred screw back with a bolt

the front cover featuring an embossed illustration of the Legion of Merit Chief Commander Star

A maker’s mark of “FRITZ SCHINDLER

the handle presents an embossed pattern in the center

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A 1914 General Honour Decoration, Silver Grade, With Swords Archive Certificate from Roseanne M(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber Dem Verdienste 1914 mit Schwerterspange). Instituted 25 June 1902 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with mis matched Bronze Grade sword clasp, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of DEM