Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Honour Medal For Service To The Homeland Archive all issues having certain common

all issues having certain common features

He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart with Certificate

lasting 2 or 3 hours

with obverse centre piece slightly raised

above a photographer’s mark of “И

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Honour Medal For Service To The Homeland Archive all issues having certain common(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a central Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), above a banner bearing an inscription of TREU UND