Nassau, Duchy. A Silver Civil Merit Medal, C.1860 Newly Listed grey-painted bakelite tinnie

grey-painted bakelite tinnie

plus larger ones at the waist on either side

In silvered tombac with black

Constructed of a cardboard-reinforced grey wool base

Eisenhower publicly praised Michaelis as one of four lieutenant colonels “of extraordinary abilities

Nassau, Duchy. A Silver Civil Merit Medal, C.1860 Newly Listed grey-painted bakelite tinnie(Silberne Zivil Verdienst Medaille). Instituted 1841 by Duke Adolph. (1841 1864 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Adolph, the reverse with an inscription of ADOLPH HERZOG ZU NASSAU, within a laurel and oak leaf wreath, marked with a silver content number of 950, measuring 29. 94 mm in diameter, weighing 11. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.