Baden, Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, Ca. 1917 By Rudolf Mayer certificate_of_authenticity The first badge has a

The first badge has a two-piece construction

with a layer red red wool bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire piping

back panel inscribed "LORD KITCHENER'S CAREER" with nine notations below documenting his birth

while the others are buttonless

awarded to Leutnant (K

Baden, Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, Ca. 1917 By Rudolf Mayer certificate_of_authenticity The first badge has a(Silberne Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of FR VERDIENST, within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked R. M. for Rudolf Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 38. 38 mm in