Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Archive reverse engraved "N/S ELIZABETH F

reverse engraved "N/S ELIZABETH F

Kurdistan 1922–1924

Instituted 1982

measuring 61 mm x 12 mm

the case missing a piece on the left side of the clear plastic lid)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Archive reverse engraved "N/S ELIZABETH F(Verdienstmedaille fr Zivilverdienst). Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (THROUGH DESTINY TO LIGHT), unmarked, measuring