Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal GTRexclude 1943 and signed in blue

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 225th Infantry Division

tied in place to a brown shoelace)

pinning seven soldiers under the overturned vehicle and drowning them

flanked by two putti on a plaza

cornucopia hallmarked and marked "CUIVRE" (copper) on the edge

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal GTRexclude 1943 and signed in blue(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, 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. 42 mm in diameter, in near very fine condition.