Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Auction Archive these early SS cotton armbands

these early SS cotton armbands are rarer than the more commonly found wool armbands

The obverse ricasso is numbered "0 22 67"

A 1870-1951 French Legion D'Honneur in Gold

Greece: Order of the Redeemer

and Victory Medal (3/2704 PTE

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. An Honour Badge For Homeland Service, C.1918 Auction Archive these early SS cotton armbands(Ehrenzeichen fr Heimatverdienst). Instituted 19 July 1918 by Duke Carl Eduard. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a Saxe Coburg and Gotha coat of arms, topped by an inscription of FUER VERDIENST (FOR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 35 mm (w)