Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal Hold validating that he has worked

validating that he has worked during certain times of the years from 1917 until 1922 as a mail auxiliary

the Liberal MP for L'Islet whose family connections included the Conservative minister of militia and defence

in coppered nickel

FASSINO TORINO" on the reverse

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A War Merit Decoration, Zink Medal Hold validating that he has worked(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienst im Kriege). Instituted on 7 March 1915. (1918 Issue). A zink medal, the centre obverse presents the letter B for Bernhard, on a cross patte, with an outer ring of dense oak leaves, the reverse presents the Saxony coat of arms, on the centre of the cross, surrounded by a ring inscribed FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT) IM KRIEGE (IN WAR) 1914 15, measuring 39. 26 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original combat