superimposed on a black wool base
with French silver hallmark of boars head denoting small silver guarantee post 1838 located on integral ball
Small Size (gold-coloured gilt on bronze
The medal was designed by A
2) A Military Merit Cross of the Order of Military Merit
Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, C.1918 Auction Archive superimposed on a black wool(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914, the reverse with a central monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.