Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Duke Carl Eduard Medal, By L. Christian Lauer Newly Listed 70 mm (w) x 51

70 mm (w) x 51

bruising on the QSA

the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath topped by a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the obverse depicts a standard Polizei-style eagle motif

with minor loss of finish evident

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Duke Carl Eduard Medal, By L. Christian Lauer Newly Listed 70 mm (w) x 51(Herzog Carl Eduard Medaille). Instituted 6 August 1906 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1906 1911 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original neck ribbon, the obverse with a finely detailed rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central Saxe Coburg and Gotha Coat of arms, flanked by lions rampant, topped by a royal crown an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT),