Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Decoration for Art and Science with Laurel Wreath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed

white fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed within the base and incorporating a recessed medal bed in black felt

British War Medal: silver

dated February 18 1942

featuring a 131 mm silvered steel blade

illustrating a shield bearing the number "42" framed by laurel leaves at the top

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy. A Decoration for Art and Science with Laurel Wreath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed(Silberne Verdienstmedaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft mit Lorbeerkranz). Instituted March 1905 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1911 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FUER KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT (FOR ART AND