Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each measuring approximately 35

each measuring approximately 35

and extremely rare with related miniatures

It is unmarked with the exception of a silver embossed moisture resistance mark on the sweatband

an LP mark

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each measuring approximately 35(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. Type II (1864 1918). Civil Division. 1 of 19 awarded. A beautiful I Class Knight in silver gilt, a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, passant lions in each quadrant between the arms, the superimposed dates 1914 and 1918