Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Auction it stated that "In view

it stated that "In view of the length of time that has now elapsed since your son was reported to be missing and because there has been no official nor unconfirmed reports that any of the personnel of the vessel survived of were taken prisoners of war

some of the photos peeling away from the pages and exposing handwritten notes in ink on their reverses

consisting of a silver gilded star with eight-pointed multi-rayed arms

illustrating a rope and inscribed "1907" above

its Colonel

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Auction it stated that "In view(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 gilded silver with 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 centrepiece pierced