Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration In Gold Auction Archive German Horseman's Badge and Stickpins

German Horseman's Badge and Stickpins - Badge (bronze

A First War German Imperial 2nd Regiment Shoulder Board - This five-sided shoulder board has a white wool upper with a red embroidered number "2"

five years later

integral suspension is bent forward forcing the Paulonia flowers suspension to sit slightly askew

Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration In Gold Auction Archive German Horseman's Badge and Stickpins(Ehrenzeichen fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted in 1837. A Gold Maltese Cross, with a green enamelled wreath between the arms, the obverse centre presents the bust of Duke Ernst II looking left, bordered by the inscription ERNST HERZOG ZU SACHSEN COBURG GOTHA, the reverse presents the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves, measuring 33. 53 mm (w) x 33. 39 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in