Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive early motorcycle helmets were used

early motorcycle helmets were used and adapted for flight

just hardly visible hairline cracks

with white cotton in the sleeves

maker marked "BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE PHILA"

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive early motorcycle helmets were used(Goldene 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. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House