Nassau, Duchy. An Order Of Civil And Military Merit, Silver Merit Cross, C.1865 Auction vertically aligned stitched eyelets on

vertically aligned stitched eyelets on either side of the waistline for the belt support hooks

in bronze and enamels

after 1939 the rank of Kreisleiter began to be phased out

and a fully functional metal hinge

Four Metropolitan Police Coronation & Jubilee Medals - Jubilee (Police) Medal 1887

Nassau, Duchy. An Order Of Civil And Military Merit, Silver Merit Cross, C.1865 Auction vertically aligned stitched eyelets on(Herzoglich Nassauischer Militr und Zivilverdienstorden, Silbernes Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 8 May 1858 by Duke Adolph. (1860 1866 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and ball finials, the obverse with a raised central monogram of Grand Duke Adolph, within a laurel wreath and above an inscription of VIRTUTE (VIRTUE), the reverse with raised