Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Merit Medal With 1914/17 Clasp certificate_of_authenticity while the throat fixture bears

while the throat fixture bears ribbed knotted patterns

war materials

measuring 111 mm x 36 mm

all on a dark blue wool backer

were stationed in the vicinity of Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad

Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Merit Medal With 1914/17 Clasp certificate_of_authenticity while the throat fixture bears(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914 7). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Dukes Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Ernst I of Saxe Coburg & Gotha, and Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1917 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribboned fastened with a 1914 7 sword clasp, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe