Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Newly Listed the reverse dated “1870/71”

the reverse dated “1870/71”

light surface wear on the five silver animals on the insignia

silver eight-pointed star with a white enamel and solid gold Maltese cross in the center

Gudrun Hildermann

including a Saar reunification propaganda badge

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Newly Listed the reverse dated “1870/71”(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