Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive COUDRAY" on the obverse

COUDRAY" on the obverse

maker marked "BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE PHILA"

accompanied by his Central Chancery Award Envelope

45 mm x 105 mm and 45 mm x 102 mm respectively

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Golden Merit Medal Auction Archive COUDRAY" on the obverse(Goldene Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich 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. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House