Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 76

8 mm (w) x 76

four on the front and the other five on the sides and rear

in fire gilded aluminum

McKee enlisted with the First Canadian Contingent in August 1914

late 18th Century

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 76(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1935 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House