Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Hold on a 75 mm-long magnetic

on a 75 mm-long magnetic metal bar with horizontal pinback

in support of the landings at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles

835 quality

seven-point silver star base

by Ivan Georgievich Spassky

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Hold on a 75 mm-long magnetic(Civil Verdienstmedaille). Type XI. Originally instituted 1769. A circular medal constructed of gilded metal alloy, the obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich II, circumscribed with FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, the reverse is inscribed with FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), with suspension loop on a yellow and red ribbon, very fine.