Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander’s Star, C.1900 Auction Archive measuring 88 mm (w) x

measuring 88 mm (w) x 76 mm (h)

with paper tag printed in red ink and stapled to the belt loop

and Order of Merit

A textbook example of a silver grade “Bandenkampfabzeichen”

The certificate is dated to September 4

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander’s Star, C.1900 Auction Archive measuring 88 mm (w) x(Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden, Bruststern zum Komturkreuz). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1864 1935 issue). In silver with Gold and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a four pointed ribbed star, the obverse with a central applique consisting of a Gold pebbled field bearing a green enameled Saxon royal crown, inside a blue enameled ring