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    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 these

    3 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 images

    of 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 the

    way 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 see

    cased medals too, ribbon bars, medal bars . . .

    - What is written on the medal and what it means

    - Any other info you can share

    Thank you and best regards,

    Ran

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    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=688

    In 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).

    Regards

    Christophe

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    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.

    Regds

    Christophe

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    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

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    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.

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    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 same

    way it looks also for the other Saxe duchies ( only with different typing and maybe image ? )

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    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 same

    way 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.

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