Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science Hold reverse inscribed VIRTUTE MILITARA (Military

reverse inscribed VIRTUTE MILITARA (Military Virtue) circumscribed on a tied oak and laurel wreath

Hans von Tschammer und Osten (1887–1943)

these four privately engraved

1936” (Dear boss

4) A travel passport dated to September 29

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science Hold reverse inscribed VIRTUTE MILITARA (Military(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