Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold measuring 155 mm (w) x

measuring 155 mm (w) x 232 mm (h) x 60 mm (d)

It sits securely within a silvered alloy upper crossguard

a tab stitched in place on the underside with a smooth finished black upper and raw underside on the right end

unmarked but with physical evidence of Soviet manufacture

A Second War Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Cap Badge - Three-piece construction

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Hold measuring 155 mm (w) x(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. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials and joined through the quadrants by lions passant, the centrepiece pierced