Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Arthur Krüger Newly Listed Complete with backing plate and

Complete with backing plate and nut on reverse

The Germans caught wind of the plan and threw "everything but the kitchen sink" at them

the obverse centre bears a round shield with a red enamelled cross on a white enamel field

Presenting as a bronze Latin cross with a laurel wreath between its arms

a static swastika on the bottom of the wreath

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A Silver Merit Medal, By Arthur Krüger Newly Listed Complete with backing plate and(Silberne Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Wilhelm of Saxe Weimar, the reverse with an inscription of DEM VERDIENSTE (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked A. KRGER, the edge with a silver content number of 990 and an inscription of SILBER, measuring 35. 96 mm in diameter, weighing 22. 1 grams, in