Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross GTRexclude ” in Latin script

” in Latin script

Eckener in command

with couplings illustrating female faces with floral and bow-tied ribbon headdresses at the handles' ends

the upper and lower border in royal blue weaving on the obverse and reverse

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross GTRexclude ” in Latin script(Ehren Auszeichnung fr 30 Jahre). Instituted on 16 September 1886. Type I. (1886 1895 Issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Shamrock Cross with intricately detailed arms, the obverse with a central medallion with the number 30 circumscribed by inscription FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR LOYAL SERVICE), the reverse with a raised monogram of Duke Ernst I, unmarked, measuring 44. 11 mm (w) x 48. 97, weighing 23. 7 (inclusive of ribbon), in very fine