Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude black thread embroidery in arrow

black thread embroidery in arrow format indicating rank of Bezirksführer

he wrote "In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife

before being transferred to RCH Melton Lodge at Yarmouth on August 20th

I visited him in hospital but I was not aware at that time that he had an amputation

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Ferdinand Helfricht GTRexclude black thread embroidery in arrow(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 5 August 1895 by Grand Duke Carl Alexander. (1892 1902 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Carl Alexander, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked HELFRICHT F., the edge with a silver