Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Newly Listed when the Nazis attempted to

when the Nazis attempted to harness the anti-Russian sentiment of the Turkic peoples in Russia for political gain

An additional illegible size stamp is set onto the reverse of the sweatband

from which he had only recently retired

measuring 76 mm (w) x 77

the image measuring 45 mm (w) x 104 mm (h)

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Newly Listed when the Nazis attempted to(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich 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. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, thee reverse with a central