Baden, Duchy. A Silver Civil Merit Medal
(Verdienstmedaille). Instituted in 1769. Type XI. (1908 Issue). A circular silver medal, the obverse centre presents the left-facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich II in uniform, circumscribed by the inscription FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, maker marked with the engraver’s initials RM, the reverse centre inscribed FÜR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) within a circular oak wreath, measuring 38.33 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in near very fine condition.

