Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Republic of thick smooth finished brown leather

thick smooth finished brown leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the left end

(NSDAP Armband für Politische Leiter)

flat black finish

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Josef Feix Söhne

The Order was founded by Imperial edict on 4 January 1888 in eight classes to be awarded for distinguished service

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Republic of thick smooth finished brown leather(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