Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed The cap is flanked on

The cap is flanked on each side by black magnetic metal buttons securing a black leather sweatband with two adjustable black magnetic metal buckles and accompanying loops

with only minor contact to enamels from use

70 mm x 103 mm inclusive of orchid blossom hanger

Lauer - In bronze

measuring 110 mm (w) x 51 mm (h))

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed The cap is flanked on(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,