Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed the reverse with a maker’s

the reverse with a maker’s mark of “HUTSCHENREUTHER

52 mm x 32

the Battalion was was broken up and absorbed into the 73rd and 75 Infantry Battalions

which was awarded to the wives of especially reliable paratroopers who helped save the art treasures of the Monte Cassino abbey

circumscribed by an inscription of “ALPINE-LEHRGÄNGE DER 4

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed the reverse with a maker’s(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). 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 with crossed sword clasp, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title,