Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal GTRexclude 43 mm x 76 mm

43 mm x 76 mm

presenting minor silver oxidation on the star and crown

surrounded by the inscription "FREISTAAT PRUSSEN"

suspended from a black rayon cord bearing multiple bands of silver aluminum wire bisected by a red threaded band

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal GTRexclude 43 mm x 76 mm(Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House