Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Hold WWI 4th Mounted Rifle Battalion

WWI 4th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge

measuring 46 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

this wartime Waffen-SS enlisted man's/NCO's belt buckle is maker marked "RZM 36/42 SS"

disembarking in the Far East on April 9th

To the immediate left of the 1st Battalion

Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Hold WWI 4th Mounted Rifle Battalion(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens Herzog Georg). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a