Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Buy Now makers mark J

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal For Civil Servants, C.1900 Buy Now makers mark J(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