Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Archive obverse centerpiece illustrating Queen Maria

obverse centerpiece illustrating Queen Maria Isabella Luisa

consisting of a vaulted and eight- pointed star

reverse impressed 235782 R

7 cm high) cap badge

some featuring reverse handwritten inscriptions and postmarks

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Archive obverse centerpiece illustrating Queen Maria(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1833 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials and joined through the quadrants by Gold lions passant, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold