Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold while the SA insignia exhibits

while the SA insignia exhibits light contact and silvering wear

These pins were awarded (on request) from parachute companies to pilots who successfully bailed out of airplanes

1921 to December 20

The Building of a Bomber

contact marks evident on the reverse and on the pin

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Exhibition Example Hold while the SA insignia exhibits(Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bowtie ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House Order, circumscribed by an order motto of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), unmarked, measuring 30. 90 mm in diameter, in very fine