Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Newly Listed A pair of Heer cap

A pair of Heer cap insignia

Unmarked - in zinc

Instituted in 1857 (in bronze

and Victory Medal (26521 BMBR

It measures 148 mm x 210 mm (better than very fine condition)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Newly Listed A pair of Heer capInstituted 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