Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, Grand Cross Star with Swords, c.1880 visually-hidden The Order of the Cross

The Order of the Cross of Liberty

KHARKABAHADUR ALE

by PK-Kriegsberichter Friedel (war correspondent)

West Point

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchy. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, Grand Cross Star with Swords, c.1880 visually-hidden The Order of the Cross(Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden, Grokreuz und Bruststern 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. (1833 1918 issue). Military Division. The Star of the order, in silver with eight points featuring clusters of seven smooth rays, alternating between silver and superimposed gilt rays, a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials on