Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal Hold Helsinki was still under Russian

Helsinki was still under Russian control and indeed the Russians had implemented a policy of Russification

Olive Cooke of Long Compton

tasked with guarding POWs

British War Medal )220415 PTE

with circumscription AVITA ET AUCTA (INHERIT AND MULTIPLY) on a blue-enamelled background

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal Hold Helsinki was still under Russian(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienst im Kriege). Instituted on 7 March 1915. (1918 Issue). A zink medal, the centre obverse presents the letter B for Bernhard, on a cross patte, with an outer ring of dense oak leaves, the reverse presents the Saxony coat of arms, on the centre of the cross, surrounded by a ring inscribed FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) IM KRIEGE (IN WAR) 1914 15, measuring 39. 26 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original combat