Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science GTRexclude 1943 and was issued until

1943 and was issued until the Kuban bridgehead was abandoned in October 1943

It is obvious that his time in the Royal Marines likely counted towards this decoration

an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church

98 mm (h - inclusive of tower and integral ball)

Fullsize: 35 mm

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science GTRexclude 1943 and was issued until(Silberne Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted 30 January 1835 by Duke Ernst I. (1858 1893 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original triangular ribbon, the obverse bearing a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of DEM VERDIENSTE (TO MERIT) above a crown, unmarked, measuring 23. 52 mm in