Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, Commander's Cross with Swords on Ring Province of China presumably the introduction to the

presumably the introduction to the book

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the Franco crown with touches of red and green embroidery

wear at the upper left on the lid

black and yellow embroidery

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, Commander's Cross with Swords on Ring Province of China presumably the introduction to the(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Komturkreuz mit Schwertern). Instituted 16 October 1935 by Duke Carl Eduard (1935 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials, each joined through the quadrant by a lion passant, the obverse overlaid by a central gilt medallion bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst I, situated within