Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand Cross Star With Swords, C. 1870 Newly Listed DE PONSELLE)

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As soon as the enemy came into view Colonel Bullock and his men opened fire

It was the first of the so-called "Vengeance weapons" (V-weapons or Vergeltungswaffen) series designed for terror bombing of London

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Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand Cross Star With Swords, C. 1870 Newly Listed DE PONSELLE)(Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden). Instituted on 25 December 1833. (2nd Model, issued 1864 1935). An eight rayed silver breast star; the vertical and horizontal arms are gilded while the diagonal arms are silver, riveted to the star is a white enameled eight pointed, four armed Maltese cross, bordered with wide, golden edges and tipped with golden finials, gilded swords cross between the arms, at the center is a large, round medallion, at the center