A Stunning WW1 1914 Saxe Meinigen Silver Merit Medal Group Including Order of The Crown For Members Of The Kaiser’s Royal Household.

Four medals in superb order with original silk ribbon suspension on a single bar.Circular silver medal with original loop for ribbon suspension, the face with the head of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst in relief facing left, circumscribed Wilhelm Ernst Grossherzog Von Sachsen; the reverse inscribed Dem Verdienste 1914 (for Merit 1914) Only a few thousand awards of the decoration were made in total and it is comparatively rare, especially in silver. The Prussian 1897 Centenary Medal (Zentenarmedaille) was officially titled the Medaille zur Erinnerung an des Hochseligen Kaisers und K?nigs Wilhelm I., des Grossen, Majesty, to honor the 100th Birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It was established by Kaiser Wilhelm II (Kaiser Wilhelm I's grandson) through a Royal Order effective 22 March 1897 and was given to all active duty Imperial German military personnel and veterans of the wars of 1848, 1864, 1866, and 1870-1871. .

Circular gilt bronze medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the royal crown centrally, circumscribed Treue Dienste Reserve Landwehr (Faithful Service Reserve and Territorial Army); the reverse inscribed Landwehr Dienstaus-zeichnung II. Klass (Reserve and Territorial Army Service Award, II class); Prussian Order of the Crown Medal. Founded in 1861 instituted in 1888 an order mainly for members of the Kaisers royal household.

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