Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords GTRexclude and subsequently awarded six days'

and subsequently awarded six days' Confinement to Base

he was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Divisional Employment Company on August 8th

which led to only five being produced

The front is completed by a vertical row of five 19mm silvered brass-cored buttons on the right side

The unit eventually surrendered to Allied forces in the Ruhr pocket in April of 1945

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords GTRexclude and subsequently awarded six days'(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1935 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House