Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, With Case By Willi Ganssen Archive advertising SIEBENTE OESTERR

advertising SIEBENTE OESTERR

an Air Gunner/radio operator wearing an early Juncker thin wreath badge

a German Labour Front (DAF) membership pin

with a South African gold half pond coin of 1894 fitted to the front

The red band supports a 34 mm x 50 mm cap badge consisting of a lion in fine gold-coloured bullion wire

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, With Case By Willi Ganssen Archive advertising SIEBENTE OESTERR(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern mit Etui). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms and ball finials, the obverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a raised rightward