Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed an owl by their feet

an owl by their feet

overall extremely fine despite showing signs of period use

the chape with ball finial

along with the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring

His mother was residing at the Royal Cecil Hotel in Toronto at the time of his death

Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy. An Art And Science Decoration, I Class Newly Listed an owl by their feet(Verdienstorden fr Kunst und Wissenschaft, I Klasse im Silber). Instituted 23 July 1874. A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears the right facing bust of Georg Herzog Duke of Saxony, circumscribed with GEORG HERZOG ZU SACHSEN MEININGEN, the obverse centre bears the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE (THE MERIT) with a crown underneath within an oak leaf wreath, a green enamel wreath of spades lay in the quadrants between the arms,