Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The front has a small

The front has a small pouch on the front with dual snap closures

having served with the Gordon Highlanders

before a final transfer to the 1st Battalion at West Sandling on August 17

” measures 47 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The front has a small(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914 8). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard Erich Fruend of Saxe Meiningen. (1918 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised