Order of Ernestine

[Ran]

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

Edited January 27, 2007 by Ran

[Deruelle]

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

[Deruelle]

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

[Deruelle]

One trapezoidal bar.

[Deruelle]

Two ribbon bars with interresting combo

[Deruelle]

For your eyes

[Deruelle]

A close up of the EH3bX

[Deruelle]

My only regret, I sold this beautiful ribbon bar some years ago. Have a look.

Regards

Christophe

[Ran]

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

[Ran]

A close up of the EH3bX

What EH3bX stands for ?

[Deruelle]

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 case

Regards

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Another one

[joemiller]

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.

[joemiller]

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.

[Ran]

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 ? )

[joemiller]

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.

[Ran]

I have examples of these other states merit medals

Feel free to post them

[Wild Card]

Don't forget the little guys... miniatures

[ErikMuller]

Don't forget the little guys... miniatures

Here is my miniature: 11 mm wide

[Deruelle]

[Carol I]

Here are some images from the UBS auction.

Grand Cross with swords

[Carol I]

Breast star

[Carol I]

Commander's cross

[Carol I]

Commander with swords

[Carol I]

Knight 1st class with swords