German Awards - Silver Cross of Merit 1. Form (C A)

The Silver Cross of Merit was presented on July 8, 1878 by the Grand Duke Karl Alexander on the occasion of his 25th anniversary of the reign. The Silver Cross of Merit was attached to the White Falcon's home Order of Vigilance and was the lowest level of the Order of the House. The cross was awarded to citizens of the Grand Duchy for civil merit. The silver cross "For Merit" when climbing the class of knights was to be removed from the occupied and returned to the order office. Crosses were made in Gotha. The stamp was made by the court medalist Ferdinand Helfricht, who was also a supplier until 1892. After his death, the company of Theodore Müller, a court jeweler from Weimar, took up production. Source: Lutz Fritsche, Order and Badge of Honor of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1815-1918, 2012.

Eight-pointed cross made of silver. Cruciform shoulders with wide, raised, smooth edges. The inner sides of the cruciform sleeves are matte-silver, later also fine-grained. Front and back with an engraved round central screen (about 17 mm). Between the tips of the upper cruciform shoulder, the usual eye with a ribbon ring is soldered.

Front side:

• Medallion with a small raised border. On the edge is a wide ring.
• Inside it is bounded by a small circular line. In it, the decoding:
• - VIGILANDO - ASCENDIMUS - (thanks to vigilance we
going up)
• Below is a 6-beam star.
• In the included insich field, the letters are blinkered - C A -
• At the top - A - is a seated ducal crown.

Downside:

• The edge is formed from a raised dense oak-leaved wreath.
• It is cross-tied at the top and bottom and wrapped 1 time on both sides.
• In a nested smooth field, 2-line font: - DEM - VALUES -

Tape:

• Width 39 mm, side stripes green/yellow 5 mm each, central stripes black 19 mm.

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