Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Hold BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE

BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA)

the 1st and 5th Bavarian Reserve Divisions were in and near Douai

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2nd Medium Brigade

Germany, Imperial. A Wartime Patriotic Medal 1914 Hold BENE MERENTI (WELL MERITING THEAn ovular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a knight slaying a dragon with a sword, underneath is the inscription DAS GROSSE DRESCHEN (THE GREAT THRASHING), the reverse bears the inscription LIEB VATERLAND MAGST RUHIG SEIN 1914 (DEAR FATHERLAND MAY BE QUIET), encompassed by an oak leaf wreath, with ornate suspension on a long thin black ribbon, measuring 37. 97 mm (w) x56. 68 mm (h), very fine.