Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross Republic of A pair of SS rank

A pair of SS rank insignia

very fine and fine

1915 in Sussex

the award measuring 30

with traces of silver remaining on the exploding water portion of the badge

Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross Republic of A pair of SS rank(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Ernst I of Coburg Gotha, Duke Friedrich of Altenburg, and Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxony Meiningen. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials, the obverse bearing a central Gold medallion overlaid by a leftward facing profile of Duke