Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Silver Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Auction Archive With short length of neck

With short length of neck ribbon

giving it a distinctive crisp

he was posted to the Canadian Base Depot on June 13th and rejoined his unit on the 18th

and was decorated with the EK1 in January 1944

WWII German Army Photo Album - Solid Photo Album containing 110 original period photos depicting troop training

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Silver Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Auction Archive With short length of neck(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens Herzog Georg). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1890 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Georg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised Saxe