Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates Newly Listed enamel chipping and wear around

enamel chipping and wear around edges of cross

displaying mild scuffing to exterior

1954 Pattern

the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a locking catch

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates Newly Listed enamel chipping and wear around(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. Type II (1864 1918). Civil Division. 1 of 19 awarded. A beautiful I Class Knight in silver gilt, a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, passant lions in each quadrant between the arms, the superimposed dates 1914 and 1918