Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Honour Medal For Service To The Homeland GTRexclude being promoted to Corporal in

being promoted to Corporal in January 1900

moss green sides and underside

three sailors st the far left

Instituted 17 December 1856 by Prince Günther Friedrich Carl

houses the actual crucifix that Strong used to bless the wounded and dying soldiers in Mesopotamia

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Honour Medal For Service To The Homeland GTRexclude being promoted to Corporal in(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a central Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), above a banner bearing an inscription of TREU UND