Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal of Merit Hold overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika executed in dark grey machine embroidery

demonstrating evidence of period removal and with the remnant colour scheme of the left decal suggesting possible SS issue

and Argentia supported convoy protection

16 mm in diameter and weighing 13

measuring 73 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Medal of Merit Hold overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxe Meiningen. (1895 1905). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Duke Alfred of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse