Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Buy Now resulting in much admiration by

resulting in much admiration by their British allies

a 1937 DJH badge

18 February 1943 - Wilhelmshaven

"Small Head Version"

measuring 65mm (w) x70 mm (h - inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Buy Now resulting in much admiration by(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Dukes Ernst I, Friedrich, and Bernhard Erich Freund. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials and white enameled arms, the quadrants joined by lions passant, pierced through the centre by crossed swords, the obverse bearing a central gilt medallion with a