Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse inscribed “Mil

the reverse inscribed “Mil

Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste

padded and maker marked "Arthus Bertrand & Cis / 40

A Peruvian Order of Military Merit

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the reverse inscribed “Mil(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1833 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials and joined through the quadrants by Gold lions passant, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold