A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal; Gold Grade With 1914/8 And Swords Clasp Hold 7 mm x 39 mm

7 mm x 39 mm eagle with crossed cannons over eight cannonballs suspension with pinback

die-stamped tin with a gold-coloured wash

and which from 1889 provided Sisters for all Army hospitals with at least 100 beds

The only other person with five clasps to the CFD was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

He signed his Attestation Paper as Alfred William Armstrong (Sillett's alias) with the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery

A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal; Gold Grade With 1914/8 And Swords Clasp Hold 7 mm x 39 mmType IV (1914 1935): Silver gilt, unmarked, 30 mm, 1914 8 clasp on its original ribbon, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, glue and paper residue on the reverse of the ribbon from previous board mounting, very fine.