Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal United Republic of 20 mm x 20

20 mm x 20

exhibiting contact marks on the exterior

Munchen 23" and marked "Alle Rechte vorbehalten" (All Rights Reserved)

constructed of cardstock that is stapled together

the reverse features a vertical pinback and the maker’s mark for Hermann Aurich of Dresden

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal United Republic of 20 mm x 20(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