Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp United Republic of distinguishing the box as the

distinguishing the box as the Cadbury version versus the Fry and Rowntree versions in which the medallion did not butt the borders and their containers were wider and shorter in design

departed Seattle for Honolulu on November 18th 1899 with a 700 ton cargo that included grain

soiling and wear evident on the exterior

Together as well with Italian Gazette dated November 18

inside a black ruled frame

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Silver Merit Medal with 1914/8 Clasp United Republic of distinguishing the box as the(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914 8). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard Erich Fruend of Saxe Meiningen. (1918 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised