Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed armoured medieval knight left with

armoured medieval knight left with gauntlet at his feet

70 mm x 103 mm inclusive of orchid blossom hanger

bronze pinback hanger with U

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Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed armoured medieval knight left with(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,