Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Award, C.1915 Auction 40 mm (w) x 53

40 mm (w) x 53

including the example offered

in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France

1944 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

measuring 26 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) overall

Saxe-Weimar, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Award, C.1915 Auction 40 mm (w) x 53(Dienstauszeichnung fr 9 Jahre). Instituted 20 December 1913 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of neusilber, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a monogram of Wilhelm Ernst circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE, the reverse with a number 9 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 29. 96 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 8 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine