Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity the top and bottom edges

the top and bottom edges with reinforced stitching

at POPERINGHE during May and June 1918

Light soiling on the belt

center applique in bronze gilt and enamels

by Göring

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity the top and bottom edges(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Maltese Cross bearing a wreathed Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), the reverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II circumscribed by name and title, the