Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction Archive Footnote: Johann Friedrich Böttger (February

Footnote: Johann Friedrich Böttger (February 4

disembarking at Boulogne on January 25

1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II

the belt measuring 43 mm x 945 mm

he was commissioned as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on October 1st

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Medal In Silver, C.1890 Auction Archive Footnote: Johann Friedrich Böttger (February(Verdienstmedaille fr Militrverdienst). Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Mecklenburg coat of arms, circumscribed by dates 19. 3. 1851, 13. 4. 1883, and 10 4. 1897, above an inscription of PER ASPERA