Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal United Republic of Hoger was a Volksdeutch citizen

Hoger was a Volksdeutch citizen of the NDH (the fascist Independent State of Croatia

maker marked “Lauer

third photo illustrating four soldiers seated upon a cannon

Footnote: The 1860-61 clasp was issued for Garibaldi's Expeditions

Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Duchy. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal United Republic of Hoger was a Volksdeutch citizen(Verdienstmedaille des Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischen Hausordens). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Friedrich of Saxe Altenburg, Duke Ernst I of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Bernhard II of Saxe Meiningen. (1905 1914 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Carl Eduard, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a central raised depiction of the Saxe Ernestine House