Baden, Grand Duchy. A Medal Bar for Long and Distinguished Service Province of China as he was appointed Assistant

as he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General in February 1935 and was placed on the Retired List as a full Colonel in 1937

reverse illustrating three ships of the Great White Fleet

with two plates of "Late Finds" inserted at the rear

he chipped the ice away until he was able to free Peterson

The blade sits securely within the silvered crossguard

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Medal Bar for Long and Distinguished Service Province of China as he was appointed Assistant(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for long and distinguished service featuring two decorations, including: 1. A Civil Merit Medal, constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), the obverse engraver marked RM for Rudolf Mayer, Karlsruhe,