Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Auction Archive Order of Merit of the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

obverse illustrating the State of Rhode Island coat-of-arms

with the number “75” on top of stylized flames

measuring 94 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

followed by service in the 55th Irish Canadian Rangers

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A Rare Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold Auction Archive Order of Merit of the(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