Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity 2nd Devons

2nd Devons

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

18 mm (w) x 41

at POPERINGHE during May and June 1918

the top and bottom edges with reinforced stitching

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity 2nd Devons(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