Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A General Merit Medal, Silver Grade, With Clasp Hold interior of the lid with

interior of the lid with an off-white in a velvet liner

gold and red enamelled suspension

He had documented as having an appendicitis operation in 1910

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Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A General Merit Medal, Silver Grade, With Clasp Hold interior of the lid with(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber Dem Verdienste 1914 mit Schwerterspange). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with crossed swords clasp, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with inscription of DEM VERDIENST 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914), marked SILBER with a purity number of 890, measuring 36. 07 mm in diameter, weighing 32. 5