Merit to Art and Science
The medal of merit for art and science was donated on April 25, 1908 by Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg as regent of the Duchy of Braunschweig .
Order classes
The order consisted of two classes:
- I. class in gold
- II. Class in silver
On April 17, 1912, the 2nd class was divided into two sections and awarded as the 2nd class with and without a crown .
Order decoration
The medal has the shape of a highly oval foam coin . On the front it shows the right-facing bust of Duke Carl I in a cuirass . All around the inscription:
CAROL. VS. DG DVX. BRVNSVIC. ET. LVNEBVRG
On the reverse the crowned heraldic shield with the Guelph Steed jumping to the left with the inscription:
MERIT IN KVNST VND SCIENCE
Carrying method
The first class was worn around the neck , the second class on a crimson ribbon with yellow stripes on the left side of the chest.
literature
- Arnhard Graf Klenau: Order in Germany and Austria. Volume II, Part 1: Anhalt – Hanover. Verlag Graf Klenau GmbH, Offenbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-937064-13-0 .
- Roger Reckewell, Jens Fischer: Order, badge of honor and badge of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg from 1809 to 1918. Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1987 ( work reports , publications from the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig. 54), ISSN 0934-6147 .