Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer GTRexclude Footnote: The Military Order of

Footnote: The Military Order of Aviz was established around 1175 by King Afonso Henriques

serving in an SS Totenkopf (Death’s Head) Panzer Hunting Division

5 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade

STEWART / S/SGT 7th INF

wrote letters to the relatives of men killed in action and was charged with maintaining both military and spiritual morale

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Friedrich Ii Merit Medal, Silver Grade, By Rudolf Mayer GTRexclude Footnote: The Military Order of(Silberne Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II). Instituted 1907 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1908 1918). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse maker marked RM for Rudolf Mayer,