Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Workers And Servants Auction Archive smooth finished beige underside

smooth finished beige underside

measuring 105 mm (w) x 150 mm (h)

the iron cross paty is superimposed on an eight-pointed gilded star

handwritten inscription in blue ink on page four

the three red stripes of the shield in three strips of copper

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Workers And Servants Auction Archive smooth finished beige underside(Ehrenauszeichnung fr Arbeiter und Dienstboten nach 30 Dienstjahren). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a hamrock cross, with intricate raised designs on the arms, the obverse with a central medallion depicting a number 30 circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE IN DER ARBEIT (FOR LOYALTY IN WORK), the reverse with a monogram of Ernst I, with fleurs de lis between the quadrants, unmarked,