Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht United Republic of maker marked “RZM M1/36” for

maker marked “RZM M1/36” for “Berg & Nolte A

interior privately engraved to a pilot of the 25th Flying Battalion of the Imperial 5th Army

the unit flew Sopwith Pups

embossed with the crowned cypher of King Victor Emmanuel III (Reign: July 29

Mayer’s Kunst-Prageanstalt

Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht United Republic of maker marked “RZM M1/36” for(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens Herzog Georg). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a