Ran Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) This is an interesting order with some variations ( Letter on the upper arm till 1864 ), year date from 1914-1918,no oak leaf wreath for foreigners and so on.Also this order was given in all 3 Saxe duchies ( Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg )I've been trying to get as many images and info about this order and found very nice things in these3 places :1) The Dave Danner site http://home.att.net/%7Edavid.danner/militaria.html( in German States - Saxe-Meiningen )2) The medalnet site http://www.medalnet.net/ ( in various places )3) In this place : ( anybody knows who it belongs to and if it's trust worthy ? )http://www.netdialogue.com/yy/Europe/Germa...rmanyStates.htm( in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha )There still lots of things I'd like to know about this order, here are some of them :- Who is Ernestine ? ( is it Ernst the Dutch of Coburg-Gotha ? )- I'd like to see how the Gold and Silver Merit Medals look like ( and some more imagesof the Merit cross would be great too )- Are the little holes/pipes on the enamel for the letter or year date to attach are all theway to the other side of the medal or just half way ?- Would also love to see some more images of this order, all classes, if possible to seecased medals too, ribbon bars, medal bars . . .- What is written on the medal and what it means- Any other info you can shareThank you and best regards,Ran Edited January 27, 2007 by Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hi Ran, Some informations about this beautiful order. It came from the volume 5 of O'Connor about Aviation awards of Imperial Germany and the men who earned them. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=688In this link you can find all the books I have (I have got some about this subject). Let me know if you want more (give me a pm).RegardsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I have got only one case for the knight cross 2nd class with X of Saxe Coburg Gotha. Like This medal is my favorite, I collect every ribbon bars which contains Saxe Ernestine ribbon. I will show yo some parts of my collection.RegdsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 One trapezoidal bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Two ribbon bars with interresting combo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 For your eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 A close up of the EH3bX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 My only regret, I sold this beautiful ribbon bar some years ago. Have a look.RegardsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hi Deruelle, this is an amazing amount of books you have there . . .And that cased knight cross 2nd class, it's too beautiful, any chance to see it open ?Keep them images coming ( especialy the beautiful white falcon )Thanks and best regards,Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 A close up of the EH3bXWhat EH3bX stands for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hi Ran, EH : Ernestine Hausorden 3bX : knight cross 2nd class with swords (3aX is for the knight cross 1st class with swords).Please find a photo of the inside caseRegardsChristophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemiller Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I collect mostly merit crosses and merit medals, but I do have a Saxe-Meiningen Merit Medal with the sword bar for 1914. It is one of my favorite medals and I think the sword bar is a lot rarer than the pricing guide would have you believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemiller Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 This is the reverse of the Silver Merit Medal of Saxe-Meiningen with sword bar. Note the silver content mark on the back of the sword bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Deruelle, this cased award is too beautiful, thanks for the extra images and for the explanation.Joemiller, thanks for the images, now I know how the merit medal look like. Is it the sameway it looks also for the other Saxe duchies ( only with different typing and maybe image ? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemiller Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Deruelle, this cased award is too beautiful, thanks for the extra images and for the explanation.Joemiller, thanks for the images, now I know how the merit medal look like. Is it the sameway it looks also for the other Saxe duchies ( only with different typing and maybe image ? )The other two duchies medals are smaller in diameter (Saxe-Altenburg-33mm and Saxe-Coburg Gotha-30mm). Altenburg only had plain swords for World War One awards and Coburg-Gotha had dates on the sword bar that varied but followed the format of 1914/5. I have examples of these other states merit medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 I have examples of these other states merit medalsFeel free to post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Don't forget the little guys... miniatures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Don't forget the little guys... miniatures Here is my miniature: 11 mm wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Carol I Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Here are some images from the UBS auction.Grand Cross with swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol I Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Breast star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol I Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Commander's cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol I Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Commander with swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol I Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Knight 1st class with swords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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