Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (1939-1945 Issue)

(1939-1945 Issue)

Cross (two-piece construction bronze gilt and enamels

and extremely rare with related miniatures

a Schaumburg-Lippe Faithful Service Cross

followed by his cremation at the Toronto Crematorium

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, I Class Knight with 1914-1918 War Dates consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (1939-1945 Issue)(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. Type II (1864 1918). Civil Division. 1 of 19 awarded. A beautiful I Class Knight in silver gilt, a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, passant lions in each quadrant between the arms, the superimposed dates 1914 and 1918