Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords GTRexclude The underside of the collar

The underside of the collar is lined in a steel blue wool

measuring 64 mm (w) x 86 mm (h)

Footnote: Flight Lieutenant J

In alpaca silver

and a period original ribbon

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords GTRexclude The underside of the collar(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1935 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House