Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand Cross Star With Swords, C. 1870 Buy Now nearly 100% of gilding present

nearly 100% of gilding present on reverse

An extremely fine quality example of a Bavarian Order of Military Merit Officer’s Cross (Bayerische Militärverdienstorden Offizierkreuz) miniature pendant

1939 he was awarded the Sudetenland Medal as Unteroffizier

Signature on Post War Photo: Willi Hein

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand Cross Star With Swords, C. 1870 Buy Now nearly 100% of gilding present(Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden). Instituted on 25 December 1833. (2nd Model, issued 1864 1935). An eight rayed silver breast star; the vertical and horizontal arms are gilded while the diagonal arms are silver, riveted to the star is a white enameled eight pointed, four armed Maltese cross, bordered with wide, golden edges and tipped with golden finials, gilded swords cross between the arms, at the center is a large, round medallion, at the center