Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helficht certificate_of_authenticity reverse with central raised inscription

reverse with central raised inscription “INT

and was aboard a Grumman Goose

"RED RIVER 1870"

Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback as worn by the veteran

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal By Friedrich Ferdinand Helficht certificate_of_authenticity reverse with central raised inscription(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1891 1908 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine