Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Archive with the bow overlaid by

with the bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid-flight and clutching a swastika

red and white embroidery in the stripes in the lower part of the shield

The dark tan sweatband is leather

measuring 152 mm (l) x 244 mm (l)

Footnote: Jack R

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Archive with the bow overlaid by(Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1914 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised