Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed with only minor contact to

with only minor contact to enamels from use

measuring 110 mm (w) x 51 mm (h))

or markings of any kind

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armoured medieval knight left with gauntlet at his feet

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed with only minor contact to(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,