Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Auction Archive Footnote: undoubtedly of French manufacture

Footnote: undoubtedly of French manufacture

with stamped face plate affixed by 4 tabs (1 lost)

surmounted by a green felt triangle

he experienced gunshot wounds on his right breast

A Military Long Service I Class Cross for 15 Years (Militär Dienstauszeichnungen)

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Auction Archive Footnote: undoubtedly of French manufacture(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). 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 with crossed sword clasp, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title,