Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal GTRexclude The base of the award

The base of the award an eight-pointed star in the shape of sun rays in silver

presenting minor silver oxidation on the star and crown

there were fourteen Canadian Field Ambulances in operation in France

Stewart 9th Reserve Battalion C

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal GTRexclude The base of the award(Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House