Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Buy Now Footnote: Rech’s Youth day (October

Footnote: Rech’s Youth day (October 1/2) as commemorated by an annual show of force and public demonstration of the Hitler Jugend

resulting in much admiration by their British allies

Decoration for Long

18 February 1943 - Wilhelmshaven

some with references to Winnipeg

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1915 Buy Now Footnote: Rech’s Youth day (October(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Dukes Ernst I, Friedrich, and Bernhard Erich Freund. (1850 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials and white enameled arms, the quadrants joined by lions passant, pierced through the centre by crossed swords, the obverse bearing a central gilt medallion with a