Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold Instituted 1927

Instituted 1927

with French silver hallmark on suspension (eagle's head)

taken captive during the evacuation at Dunkirk)

A 1933 NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National Socialist Factory Cell Organization) “1

Ledger was wounded in action at Potgieters Drift on February 5

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold Instituted 1927(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Maltese Cross bearing a wreathed Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), the reverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II circumscribed by name and title, the