Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates Republic of with wooden plates embedded onto

with wooden plates embedded onto either side of the handle to form the grip

with the U

three rows in the medal bed

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback and Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) insignia

the underside of the left pouch stamped "BBA" and dated "1947" in red ink

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates Republic of with wooden plates embedded onto(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. Type II (1864 1918). Civil Division. 1 of 19 awarded. A beautiful I Class Knight in silver gilt, a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, passant lions in each quadrant between the arms, the superimposed dates 1914 and 1918