Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of stamped with the British Broad

stamped with the British Broad Arrow and marked "ENGLAND" above "B2" on the crossguard

A Silver eagle with a wreath of laurels on its breast upon a plinth inscribed “WATERLOO”

It was instituted on May 24

(Centenary 1889 Issue)

ready for immediate use

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal United Republic of stamped with the British Broad(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Maltese Cross bearing a wreathed Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), the reverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II circumscribed by name and title, the