Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Buy Now indicating the Luftwaffe officer might

indicating the Luftwaffe officer might just have landed

overlaid by a central raised transitional Stahlhelm

on a blue backer

a round gilded magnetic medal

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Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Buy Now indicating the Luftwaffe officer might(Silbernes Verdienstkreuz fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, Prototyp). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Georg of Saxe Meiningen, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, with a stylized wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 36. 17