Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer GTRexclude reverse featuring the cypher of

reverse featuring the cypher of Ferdinand VII surrounded by a blue enamel ring

serving in an SS Totenkopf (Death’s Head) Panzer Hunting Division

two Kendo Youth

with light contact marks on the cross and a chip in the white enamels on the obverse

wrote letters to the relatives of men killed in action and was charged with maintaining both military and spiritual morale

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer GTRexclude reverse featuring the cypher of(Silberne Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked RM for Rudolf Mayer,