Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold taken captive during the evacuation

taken captive during the evacuation at Dunkirk)

A 1933 NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National Socialist Factory Cell Organization) “1

the former with the Buckingham Palace Letter of Condolence and a Receipt of Plaque (stamped in black ink "785133"

Instituted 1927

with French silver hallmark on suspension (eagle's head)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold taken captive during the evacuation(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