Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold January 28

January 28

Eight-pointed silver mount

with light to moderate cracks in the metal

Three weeks after arriving in New Guinea

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold January 28(Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1914 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised