It features a 145 mm-long polished magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge
a general Kriegsmarine ribbon
worn on an original neck ribbon of blue and white silk with ties on each end
marked “L/11” on pin
Footnote: The Military Long Service Decoration was instituted on September 19
Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot of Service Awards Buy Now It features a 145 mm-long(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of service awards, including: 1. A Baden Merit Medal, Silver Grade, constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from 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 central wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 38. 43 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 8 grams,