Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Newly Listed then lost to the Germans

then lost to the Germans on the March 21

Food and Agriculture Program in Germany

Unmarked - in zinc

Holloway was wounded on the occasion of the attack on our boats in the Prah [14 August 1873]

in die-stamped white metal

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, In Bronze, C.1872 Newly Listed then lost to the GermansInstituted 1798 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz. Type IV (1872). In bronze, the obverse featuring a right facing portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, surrounded by the inscription FRIEDRICH FRANZE GROSSHERZOG V. MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN, the reverse presents the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE surrounded by a wreath with the inscription PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, measures 41. 1mm (w) x 48mm (h inclusive of integral loop), weighs 30. 1 grams, worn on an original