German Awards - Silver Medal of the Order of Civil Merit/Order of Merit

The Civil Order of Merit was established by King Frederick Augustus I on June 7, 1815 in the 3rd grade. The Civil Merit Medal became the unofficial 4th. Class in gold and silver. The first form of medals was awarded from 1815 to 1825. The first stamp was made by Karl Wilhelm Haeckner of Dresden. Several copies were minted by the court jeweler Rossbach, and then at the Dresden Mint. Since 1826, medals were minted with new stamps of the postman Karl Christian Ulbricht. In 1828, the statutes were changed, and the rewarding of foreigners became possible. The inscription for foreigners reads - MERIT -. With the transformation of classes on June 7, 1849 into 5 classes (Big Cross, Komtur 1st and 2nd. class, knight and small cross) medals were also attached to the order. From now on, the order is called the Order of Merit. Since 1876, gold medals have been replaced by a cross of merit. Medals were subject to return from 1858. Medals were also awarded for military merit in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71 to soldiers whose merit was not enough for the distinction of the Military Medal of St. Henry. There are medals with a spherical or coarse wire ear. The award number of the silver medal is indicated in 780 pieces.

Silver medal with raised border. On top is a convex eye with a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Along the edge, the inscription above ca.5/4 is clockwise - FRIEDRICH - AUGUST - KOENIG - V.- SACHSEN -.
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• the lower 1/4 counterclockwise - DEN - 7. - JUN. – 1815 -.
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• center is a portrait of the king with a scythe facing right.
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• the cervical region is small - F. ULBRICHT F. -

Downside:

• Along the edge is a wide oak-leaved wreath consisting of 10 groups of leaves on the left and right.
• The wreath is cross-tied on top. Below it is tied with a double loop.
• In the nested field, 4-line font: - FOR -/- MERIT -/- AND -/- FIDELITY -.

Tape:

35 mm wide, white edges, with green side stripes of 6 mm

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