Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 GTRexclude support and stand with all

support and stand with all the sea services

as is the the embellished pommel

He returned to Canada on October 4

The medals are usually found with an impressed number just below the suspension ring on the reverse

both tombac prongs present on the reverse

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Medal For Merit In War, C.1915 GTRexclude support and stand with all(Medaille fr Verdienst im Kriege 1915). Instituted 7 March 1915 by Duke Bernhard III. (1915 1920 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, with a raised Cross Patte with a central monogram of Duke Bernhard III, the reverse with a raised Cross Patte with a central Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914 15 (FOR