Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Archive The change in design could

The change in design could also have been inspired by economic shortcomings at the time

obverse depicts central Iron cross-style Cross Pattée below regional inscription

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an 1871 Sieges Thaler badge

nee Flüggel

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Civil Merit Medal, , C.1908 Archive The change in design could(Civil Verdienstmedaille). Type XI. Originally instituted 1769. A circular medal constructed of gilded metal alloy, the obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich II, circumscribed with FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN, the reverse is inscribed with FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 43 mm (h), with suspension loop on a yellow and red ribbon, very fine.