Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Province of China and bearing a central silver-grey

and bearing a central silver-grey machine-embroidered inscription of “AFRIKA”

when the ship arrived at East London with the 2/24th foot who were ordered onto trains that took them to King Williams Town

many of the bronze medals with silvering

The former is included and consists of heavy panels of blackened leather

Saxe-Ernestine, Duchies. A House Order of Saxe-Ernestine, II Class Knight’s Cross with Swords Province of China and bearing a central silver-grey(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