Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration In Gold Auction Canadian Field Artillery on May

Canadian Field Artillery on May 21

for action at the Rapido River

where is was part of Army Group Centre

A United Nations military force composed of seventeen nations under the command of American general Douglas MacArthur

Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration In Gold Auction Canadian Field Artillery on May(Ehrenzeichen fr Kunst und Wissenschaft). Instituted in 1837. A Gold Maltese Cross, with a green enamelled wreath between the arms, the obverse centre presents the bust of Duke Ernst II looking left, bordered by the inscription ERNST HERZOG ZU SACHSEN COBURG GOTHA, the reverse presents the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves, measuring 33. 53 mm (w) x 33. 39 mm (h), on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in