Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Auction Archive surmounted by a green felt

surmounted by a green felt triangle

chipping evident in two locations the blue enamels

he experienced gunshot wounds on his right breast

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

Footnote: By the end of 1917 (taking into account only awards from 1914-17)

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Auction Archive surmounted by a green felt(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,