Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Auction Archive light gilt wear evident on

light gilt wear evident on the Neck Badge and its suspension

missing its latch closure but all three posts for the latch remain intact

surrounded by the inscription "NOT YET MATURE

sunned inside lid and slotted medal bed

the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helfricht Auction Archive light gilt wear evident on(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1891 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the