Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 Auction American Defense Service Medal with

American Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star

known for its extremely high rate of fire

alongside a fasces

most of the bronze wash is gone

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 Auction American Defense Service Medal with(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the