Medal of Merit of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order

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Medal was instituted by Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg, Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxe-Meinigen and Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 25 March 1833.
Medal was awarded in civil and military division.
Medal was awarded in two classes: gold (since 1864) and silver.
Medal bears a portrait of the reigning duke on the obverse.