Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of It measures 185 mm (w)

It measures 185 mm (w) x 230 mm (h)

Traditionally Austrian (and most other European Sovereigns) would often award most loyal and close associates

Welle (wave

stamped “BERLIN” on tab

with loss of enamels

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of It measures 185 mm (w)(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Maltese Cross bearing a wreathed Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), the reverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II circumscribed by name and title, the