Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross GTRexclude retaining over 90% of original

retaining over 90% of original finish and with pleasing toning

with all three prongs perfectly preserved

Each recruit must be basi­cally trained in eight weeks

Your obedient servant

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 retaining over 90% of original(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