Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Merit Medal Prototype, By Friedrich Helfricht Hold 2mm(w) x 46

2mm(w) x 46

missing red enameling in "CCCP"

satchel charge or hand grenade

Brownish-red porcelain

one beside the thistle at one end

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Merit Medal Prototype, By Friedrich Helfricht Hold 2mm(w) x 46(Verdienstmedaille Prototyp). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a nine pointed radiant star, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central medallion bearing an inscription of DEM VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), above a royal crown and within an oak leaf wreath, the obverse marked HELFRICHT F.,