Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Merit Medal, Gold Grade, By Godet Hold stitched to a black cotton

stitched to a black cotton backer

The case is contemporarily repaired

the obverse with an eight-pointed star

1 Clasp - SUOMUSSALMI

Merit Cross with Swords

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Merit Medal, Gold Grade, By Godet Hold stitched to a black cotton(Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1 October 1904. A circular medal in gilded silver, the obverse centre presenting the left facing portrait of Duke Adolf Friedrich VI, circumscribed by the inscription ADOLF FRIEDRICH VI GROSSHERZOG VON MECKLENBURG STRELITZ, the reverse centre presents the inscription FR VERDIENST surrounded by an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, maker marked on rim with GODET BERLIN, measuring 30. 17 mm in diameter, on loop for