Baden, Grand Duchy. A Gold Merit Award Medal Bar Auction It states that the wearer

It states that the wearer has the right to the title of the knight

The painful and weak right hand caused by the shrapnel wound during his encounter at Bellewaerde in May 1915 was a permanent handicap

It was commissioned by the Commander of the French Aeronautical Branch

ribbon loop in brass

Lüdenscheid (RZM M9/25)” on the reverse

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Gold Merit Award Medal Bar Auction It states that the wearer(Ordensschnalle). An extensive medal bar featuring four decorations, including a Merit Medal in Gold, constructed of 18 karat Gold, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse with a finely detailed leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), within an oak leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, unmarked,