Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold A 1935 “Mit A

A 1935 “Mit A

January 28

Three weeks after arriving in New Guinea

Eight-pointed silver mount

handwriting in black ink

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal Of Merit, Military Division, With 1914 Clasp Hold A 1935 “Mit A(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