Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Rare Merit Medal, C.1816 Archive creased with several stain marks

creased with several stain marks

Footnote: The Order of the Golden Fleece is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good in 1430

constructed of dark blue wool with a reinforced cardboard core

one of which is taken in front of a plane in March 1943 at Beirut

however they are free of any chipping or cracking

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Rare Merit Medal, C.1816 Archive creased with several stain marks(Verdienstmedaille). Instituted 1814. Type I. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse bears the right facing portrait of Carolus Augustus, the reverse bears the inscription CAROLVS AVGVSTVS MAGNVS DVX SAXONIAE (CAROLUS AUGUSTUS THE GREAT DUKE OF SAXONY) encompassed by an oak leaf wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, the obverse is marked ANDRIEU F. on the shoulder of the portrait, on a suspension loop with red ribbon, measuring 40. 46