Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, II Class Knight’s Cross GTRexclude marked with the crowned royal

marked with the crowned royal ERII monogram and dated "1952-1977" on the lid

The eighteen classes of the house order were no longer felt to be appropriate in the ever more egalitarian Dutch society of the 1960s

1 Clasp - NATO-OTAN (in rhodium-plated alloy

with near 99% of its gilt finish intact and with few minor contact marks

Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, II Class Knight’s Cross GTRexclude marked with the crowned royal(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). 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 silver with Gold and 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 obverse bearing a central Gold