Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive 20 April 1888 in Braunschweig)

20 April 1888 in Braunschweig) on 14 July 1940

Grand Cross -  in hallmarked Gold and enamels

just hardly visible hairline cracks

with white cotton in the sleeves

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive 20 April 1888 in Braunschweig)(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 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 silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House