Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Sword Clasp 1914 GTRexclude cap band and visor are

cap band and visor are constructed of khaki-brown cotton with the band being semi-stiff to give the cap shape

Silvered white metal eagle and wreath base

1 Clasp - NEAR EAST (23050424 SPR

and was promoted to SS-Unterscharführer

25 mm x 41 mm

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Sword Clasp 1914 GTRexclude cap band and visor are(Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwerterspange 1941). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1914 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 1914 clasp and crossed swords, the obverse with a central rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,