Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration 1914, Gold Grade Newly Listed Behind them is the Italian

Behind them is the Italian word for “Win

maker marked "SPINK & SON Ltd LONDON" on the inside lid

measuring 75 mm x 63mm

the yellow ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback (the yellow a reference to the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust)

Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration 1914, Gold Grade Newly Listed Behind them is the Italian(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen 1914 in Gold). Instituted 1914 by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst. (1914 1919 issue). Constructed of gilded zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central inscription of DEM VERDIENST 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914), within an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 36. 18 mm in diameter,