Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp Auction Archive A Medal for Participation in

A Medal for Participation in the Anti-Fascist Struggle

measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h)

below typed reason for the award (for grand merit in the field of German literature and promotion and advancement of “völkisch” views in German culture”

mounted to a 29

the ends of the arms designed with ornate swirls

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp Auction Archive A Medal for Participation in(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914 8). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard Erich Fruend of Saxe Meiningen. (1918 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised