Baden, Grand Duchy. A Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 Hold all on a lemon-yellow Waffenfarbe

all on a lemon-yellow Waffenfarbe backer

A 1933 Deutsche Messe Herford Badge

maker marked “1

belt embroidered in silver and brown wire

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 Hold all on a lemon-yellow Waffenfarbe(Goldene Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 38. 48 mm in diameter, weighing 20. 9 grams, most of the