Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Sword Clasp 1914 certificate_of_authenticity during the Battle of the

during the Battle of the Somme

by same maker

He later saw action in Sicily

43 mm x 54 mm

partially laquered

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Sword Clasp 1914 certificate_of_authenticity during the Battle of the(Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwerterspange 1941). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1914 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 1914 clasp and crossed swords, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,