Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Service To The Homeland, C.1918 Auction the 13th Machine Gun Company

the 13th Machine Gun Company in the field on the 14th

secured at the front by a single olive-drab coloured pebbled aluminum button

both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 115 mm (l)

stating that he had had three years military experience with the Collegiate (High School) Cadets

XIV - The Attack on Nazi Industry

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Service To The Homeland, C.1918 Auction the 13th Machine Gun Company(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 10 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), above an inscription of TREU UND