Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by an enameled blue

surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed by IN FIDE SALUS (IN FAITH IS THE SALVATION)

A Miniature Austrian Order of Franz Joseph

pebbled buttons (reverse stamped RZM M5/76/6 for Friedrich Linden) positioned down the front of the tunic meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes

hallmarked and maker marked

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by an enameled blue(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the