Saxe-Meiningen, Kingdom. A War Merit Decoration
(Ehrenzeichen für Verdienst im Kriege). Instituted on 7 March 1915. (1915-1917 Issue). A gilded bronze medal, the centre obverse presents the letter B for Bernhard, on a cross pattée, with an outer ring of dense oak leaves, surmounted by the imperial crown, the reverse presents the Saxony coat of arms, on the centre of the cross, surrounded by a ring inscribed FÜR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) IM KRIEGE (IN WAR) 1914/15, measuring 38.13 mm (w) x 58.82 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in extremely fine condition.

