Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross United Republic of which has long been unobtainable

which has long been unobtainable and is now much sought after by historians

5 mm x 79 mm

Instituted in 1881 by King Alexander I

It has a 45 mm wide band in caramel brown embroidery around its circumference

Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross United Republic of which has long been unobtainable(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Ernst I of Coburg Gotha, Duke Friedrich of Altenburg, and Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxony Meiningen. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials, with each arm joined together through the quadrants by silver lions passant, the