Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science GTRexclude the reverse inscribed “Gold gab

the reverse inscribed “Gold gab ich zur Wehr

white backer

featuring a period original length of neck ribbon that has been privately altered to include a silk backing and designed folds

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a Braunschweig Landwehr veteran’s organization badge

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Silver Medal For Art And Science GTRexclude the reverse inscribed “Gold gab(Silberne Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted 30 January 1835 by Duke Ernst I. (1858 1893 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original triangular ribbon, the obverse bearing a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of DEM VERDIENSTE (TO MERIT) above a crown, unmarked, measuring 23. 52 mm in