Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed within a ribbed ring bearing

within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “IN TREUE FEST” (“STEADFAST IN LOYALTY”) with oak leaf branches

each featuring a raised Stahlhelm insignia overlaying a pebbled background and set within a ribbed border

The interior consists of 224 white paper stock pages with a comprehensive study of Heer uniforms and accoutrements

1928) with "PRO / PAT / RIA" (Pro Patria = For Fatherland) on the arms

Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed within a ribbed ring bearing(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials, joined together through the quadrants by lions passant, the obverse