Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht Newly Listed To Our Trusty and well

To Our Trusty and well beloved John Fleming McCracken Gentleman Greeting

Ishigaki and Hokuyo Maru

A very well-preserved edition of “Badges and Insignia of World War II: Air Force

Footnote: The Medal of Suffering for the Motherland was a Spanish decoration

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht Newly Listed To Our Trusty and well(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des 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. (1871 1891 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Ernst I circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central Saxon coat of arms on top of a