Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold 1921 to December 20

1921 to December 20

These pins were awarded (on request) from parachute companies to pilots who successfully bailed out of airplanes

contact marks evident on the reverse and on the pin

Gold Medal of the French Society for the Development of Research and Inventive Activity 1970 (bronze gilt

while the SA insignia exhibits light contact and silvering wear

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold 1921 to December 20(Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House Order, circumscribed by an order motto of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), unmarked, measuring 30. 90 mm in diameter, in very fine