Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht GTRexclude A fine quality bronze grade

A fine quality bronze grade Spanish Cross

with lions in the four quadrants

The brown leather washer is seated in its place underneath the cross-guard junction

It was presented by the Duke of Devonshire (Governor General of Canada) to Leo's father before a crowd of 30

he is not fit for any duty

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A House Order Silver Merit Medal By F. Helfricht GTRexclude A fine quality bronze grade(Silberne Verdienstmedaille des Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 December 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1871 1891 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Ernst I circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central Saxon coat of arms on top of a