Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of measuring 85 mm (w) x

measuring 85 mm (w) x 79 mm (h)

with one prong remaining intact

maker marked with company logo in the centre on the ricasso

with gold proof in the 6 o’clock arm

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of measuring 85 mm (w) x(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). 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 silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction