Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science By Helfricht, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity to ensure a secure fit

to ensure a secure fit to the accompanying helmet

0mm (l – base) x 145mm (h)

the larger man on the right in draped clothing and a club in his left hand

constructed from gilded bronze and coloured enamel sit on each shoulder strap

the obverse bearing a red machine-embroidered cotton threaded shield defaced by a black double-headed Albanian national eagle

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science By Helfricht, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity to ensure a secure fit(Silberne Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted 30 January 1835 by Duke Ernst I. (1858 1893 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a royal crown topped by an inscription of DEM VERDIENSTE (FOR MERIT) inside of an oak wreath, the obverse maker marked HELFRICHT, measuring 23. 57 mm in diameter, weighing 8. 5 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in