Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Duke Carl Eduard Medal With Crown, C.1915 GTRexclude in silvered freinzink

in silvered freinzink

(Abzeichen für Höchstleistungen)

and thereby an orderly retreat was made possible for the rest of the regiment under the cover of darkness

illustrating an enlisted man in a trench coat at the left

This particular type of badges with barrel hinge and oblong plate are found on badges produced by the two makers of Third Reich badges – Juncker and Steinhauer & Lück

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Duke Carl Eduard Medal With Crown, C.1915 GTRexclude in silvered freinzink(Ovale silberne Herzog Carl Eduard Medaille mit Krone). Instituted 10 March 1911. (1911 1935 issue). Constructed of silver, with an integral suspension loop, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, flanked by lions rampant, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), above an inscription of TREU UND BESTAENDIG