Baden, Grand Duchy. A Long Service Medal, Ii Class For 12 Years, C.1915 Archive reverse inscribed "THE MAYOR AND

reverse inscribed "THE MAYOR AND COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK TO HONOR AND WELCOME THE RUSSIAN WAR COMMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JULY 1917"

swastika had been damaged

in black case of issue (aprox

PA" on the reverse

which was believed to be operating there after she sank a ship off Madagascar

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Long Service Medal, Ii Class For 12 Years, C.1915 Archive reverse inscribed "THE MAYOR AND(Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 18 December 1913 by Grand Duke Friedrich II. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich II, within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE FLAG), above a number 12 in Roman numerals, within an oak leaf