Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold Ledger was wounded in action

Ledger was wounded in action at Potgieters Drift on February 5

with French silver hallmark on suspension (eagle's head)

on its original ribbon blue good conduct ribbon

the former with the Buckingham Palace Letter of Condolence and a Receipt of Plaque (stamped in black ink "785133"

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal Hold Ledger was wounded in action(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausorden). Instituted 25 December 1833. (1908 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central Maltese Cross bearing a wreathed Saxon coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER (FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST), the reverse with a leftward facing profile of Duke Ernst II circumscribed by name and title, the