Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Saxe-Ernestine House Order Silver Merit Medal, With 1914-17 Clasp GTRexclude with a V-shaped rank chevron

with a V-shaped rank chevron towards the bottom

He signed his RCAF Officer's Application and Record Sheet on August 13

The throat also bears a silvered zink loop connecting to a hanger constructed of a blackened leather strap with a functional silvered zink spring clip

Also included is his brother's

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Saxe-Ernestine House Order Silver Merit Medal, With 1914-17 Clasp GTRexclude with a V-shaped rank chevron(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwerterspange 1914 7). Instituted 28 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Bernhard of Saxe Meiningen. (1917 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 1914 17 sword clasp, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and