Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed 52 mm x 32

52 mm x 32

sent seven weeks later

which was awarded to the wives of especially reliable paratroopers who helped save the art treasures of the Monte Cassino abbey

stamped to the left of the maker stamp on the reinforcing cotton band behind the row of buttons "Z"

The body of the cap is trimmed at both the top and bottom with additional dual bands of gold bullion wire

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed 52 mm x 32(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,