Germany WW1 Saxe Coburg Gotha Ducal House Order of Ernestine for War Merit Silver Medal for Meritorious Services to the Homeland 2nd Type

Imperial Germany - Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: 
Silver Medal of Merit of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine 
House Order - Duke Carl Eduard issue. 
The Order was instituted in 1833 and the medal 
was amended to this version, with the portrait 
of Duke Carl Eduard, in 1905. 
The medal was designed by M.v. Kawaczynski 
and was issued in this form during WW1, either 
to combatants for war merit (in that case with 
crossed swords bar dated with the year of the 
award ) or, as of this example, without bar for 
meritorious services to the homeland. 
This is a typical example of the 2nd version of 
the medal characterized by the lack of the 
designer's signature.
A very rare medal as the total population of the
Duchy was well below 250.000 inhabitants.

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 -1918 

Item 100% original - replaced ribbon

Condition as on the photos

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