Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed which will be offered on

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maker marked "WEISS  & Co

The cap is flanked on each side by black magnetic metal buttons securing a black leather sweatband with two adjustable black magnetic metal buckles and accompanying loops

bronze pinback hanger with U

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed which will be offered on(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,