Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht United Republic of interior privately engraved to a

interior privately engraved to a pilot of the 25th Flying Battalion of the Imperial 5th Army

with a slotted and depressed black felt medal bed

embossed with the crowned cypher of King Victor Emmanuel III (Reign: July 29

Silvered fine zinc

the unit flew Sopwith Pups

Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht United Republic of interior privately engraved to a(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens Herzog Georg). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a