Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords certificate_of_authenticity constructed of fine quality twisted

constructed of fine quality twisted and rolled golden bullion wires to form the head

in fire gilded aluminum

8 mm (w) x 76

(U-1008 Mützenabzeichen)

McKee enlisted with the First Canadian Contingent in August 1914

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal With Swords certificate_of_authenticity constructed of fine quality twisted(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1935 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House