Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helficht GTRexclude ” possibly meaning Pionierversuchskompanie (combat

” possibly meaning Pionierversuchskompanie (combat engineer experimental company

the obverse with a black mobile swastika (Hakenkreuz) in the centre within a bed of white partially preserved white paint

marked “53

89mm (w) x 164mm (h) x 24mm (d)

1890 in Smiths Falls

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helficht GTRexclude ” possibly meaning Pionierversuchskompanie (combat(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1891 1908 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine