Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, C.1918 Auction Archive measuring 138 mm (w) x

measuring 138 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

superimposed on a black wool base

2) A Military Merit Cross of the Order of Military Merit

The medal was designed by A

with French silver hallmark of boars head denoting small silver guarantee post 1838 located on integral ball

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, C.1918 Auction Archive measuring 138 mm (w) x(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914, the reverse with a central monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.