Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold from the city of Falkenau

from the city of Falkenau an der Eger

These pins were awarded (on request) from parachute companies to pilots who successfully bailed out of airplanes

credited with having served his country in England and France

The Building of a Bomber

He made his second wife

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold from the city of Falkenau(Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House Order, circumscribed by an order motto of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), unmarked, measuring 30. 90 mm in diameter, in very fine