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229 guish themselves in their calling by inventions, writings, or any other act tending to improve agriculture and husbandry. It consists of three degrees; the nomination to the first is reserved to the King himself for the higher classes, while that to the two others is left to the decision of the Commission for Agriculture for the lower classes. The obverse of the decoration contains the effigy of the King, and the reverse the name of the recipient, with the inscription: 'Für Verdienst um den Ackerbau' (For merit in agriculture).