Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Hold this wartime Waffen-SS enlisted man's/NCO's

this wartime Waffen-SS enlisted man's/NCO's belt buckle is maker marked "RZM 36/42 SS"

To the immediate left of the 1st Battalion

he began to rise through the ranks

measuring 46 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

Saxe-Meiningen, Grand Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal, By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Hold this wartime Waffen-SS enlisted man's/NCO's(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens Herzog Georg). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Grand Duke Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a