Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Auction Archive A 1870-1951 French Legion D'Honneur

A 1870-1951 French Legion D'Honneur in Gold

these early SS cotton armbands are rarer than the more commonly found wool armbands

Warden's Departure - Lievin Once More - Back to Divion - Lens Again - Ecurie and the Oppy Front - Acheville - Mericourt - Out of the Line to Frevillers

The detachable double strap fabric hanger is constructed of aluminum facing edged with red strips and sewn to gray velvet backs

which now made him 20 years of age

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Auction Archive A 1870-1951 French Legion D'Honneur(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 35 mm (w)