Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed He was transferred to the

He was transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade on June 17

stamped to the left of the maker stamp on the reinforcing cotton band behind the row of buttons "Z"

which was awarded to the wives of especially reliable paratroopers who helped save the art treasures of the Monte Cassino abbey

the Battalion was was broken up and absorbed into the 73rd and 75 Infantry Battalions

sent seven weeks later

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal With Swords Newly Listed He was transferred to the(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with crossed sword clasp, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title,