Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal United Republic of and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation

and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953

Canadian Railway Troops

surrounded by a blue oval ring with “Bayrischer Kriegerbund dem Verdienst” in gilt

The award presents as four inter-connected Romanian Crosses

exhibiting contact marks on the exterior

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal United Republic of and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation(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 silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House