Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold Eight-pointed silver mount

Eight-pointed silver mount

Three weeks after arriving in New Guinea

with a strength of 21 officers and 825 NCOs and Riflemen

in turn overlaying four plumes of multi-coloured enameled peacock features which emanate from each corner

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold Eight-pointed silver mount(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