Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Hold measuring 206 mm long

measuring 206 mm long

grandson of Columbia University president Charles King

so called "German Badge"

base denoting branch

as well as an index

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Silver Merit Cross For Art And Science, Prototype Example Hold measuring 206 mm long(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