Description
In silver gilt and excellent enamels with gold centre
the inscription "KLEIN-KALIBER SCHÜTZENVEREIN SÄCKINGEN / RH
impressed on the edge with “835” for silver content and “PR
circumscribed with “Im Jahre Deutscher Schicksalswende 1933” (German - In the year of the twist of fate 1933)
After almost six months hospitalization
Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal Auction Archive In silver gilt and excellent(Tapferkeitsmedaille) Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a raised crossed paty with a central Saxon coat of arms, the 12 oclock arm bears a crown, the 9 and 3 oclock arms bear the date 1914, the reverse bears a crowned cipher E II (Duke Ernst II), with loop for suspension, measuring 32. 16 mm (w) x 35. 91 mm (h), fine.