Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 certificate_of_authenticity without maker

without maker

engraved with the number 35 on reverse

his DCM announcement and citation in the London Gazette

Named on the right rear panel "Gobdell" and comes with its original leather chinstrap affixed to metal buckles on the liner's steel frame

with a lined interior lid - maker marked “Deschler & Sohn

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A War Merit Medal 1916 certificate_of_authenticity without maker(Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1916). Instituted 21 November 1916 by Grand Duke Friedrich August. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM WELTKRIEGE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR), unmarked, measuring 28. 03 mm (w)