Merit Cross for Arts and Science
GSC000 Verdienstkreuz für Kunst und Wissenschaft
- Decoration was instituted by Duke Ernst II on 18 April 1860.
- Decoration was awarded for extraordinary merits and achievements within the arts and sciences.
- Decoration bears a portrait of the reigning duke on the obverse.
- From 1875 to 1892, the Decoration was awarded with a portrait of Duke Ernst II.
- From 1895 to 1905, the Decoration was awarded with a portrait of Duke Alfred.
- From 1906 to 1918, the Decoration was awarded with a portrait of Duke Karl Eduard.
