Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of Traditionally Austrian (and most other

Traditionally Austrian (and most other European Sovereigns) would often award most loyal and close associates

The cap band features an aluminum German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

clasp bearing a sword penetrating a gear affixed to the upper

a member of the Board of Management of the London Homeopathic Hospital since 1911 (he laid the Cornerstone of the Henry Tyler Wing of the London Homeopathic Hospital on June 30

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Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of Traditionally Austrian (and most other(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