German Awards - Saxon Medal for Military Merit 1914/1918 in Silver

This 1914/1918 Saxon War Merit Medal was established and issued after the World War, probably around 1920 by the Saxon Front Line Union in the 1914/1918 German Warrior Union. This medal was issued in gold (bronze gilded) silver, bronze silver plated. Of both medals, there are 2 coinage options with different faces. The main difference is the position of the rifle and the strokes between the numbers of the year. The first variant shows the barrel slightly tilted upwards, and the vertical lines between 1914 and 1918 are long. In the second version, the rifle barrel is directed more sharply upward, and the contours between the two numbers of the year are shorter. What requirements were imposed on individual steps or whether the metal color of the rest of the order twine was adjusted, I do not know. As for silver medals, the financial capabilities of the recipient probably played a role, regardless of whether the medal was ordered in genuine silver or silver, since awards, as a rule, had to be paid on their own. Medals are rare and, accordingly, expensive. Source: J. Nimmergut, badges and awards of German warrior clubs 1800-1943, 2012.

Round silver medal with raised border. On top is a soldered, ordinary eye with a ribbon ring. In addition to the eye on the rim, a silver punch - 850 -.

Front side:

In the
• center from the left edge is a soldier tilted forward in a steel helmet.
In
• both hands, he holds the machine gun, half in the stop, the barrel reaches the right edge.
• Above along the edge, from the shoulder to the steel helmet, a light oak-deciduous branch with acorns.
• On the left edge down the raised font - MERIT - interrupted by the rifle barrel,
• - MIND - THIS - FATHERLAND -.
• On the right next to the head are the numbers of the year - 1914-1918.
• Between them are 2 long perpendicular strokes at the level of the middle digits.

Downside:

• Central Saxon coat of arms, with transverse stripes and a diagonal diamond crown rising above the royal crown.
• Left and right 2 standing lions acting as shield holders.
• Lions stand on antennae in which a curved ribbon is suspended.
• The motto deepens on the tape - PROVIDENTIAE - MEMOR -
• Up along the edge, the sublime font is FEARLESS - AND - TRUE -.

Tape:

• white 30 mm wide, edges 2 mm, side stripes 3 mm alternating transverse striped yellow-blue, central stripes green 8 mm.

Medal "For Military Merit of Saxony" 1914/1918 in silver

Reverse: Saxon Medal of Military Merit 1914/1918 in silver

Established:

OK. 1920 Union of Saxon front-line soldiers in the German Union of Warriors 1914/1918

Awarded:

OK. 1920-1934

Data:

• Material: Silver
• Size: 37.9mm
• Weight: 23.48g

estimated collector price:

170 – 200 €

OEK Number:

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