Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Ii Class Knight With Crown, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity 20 mm x 26 mm)

20 mm x 26 mm)

slippery trench-mats were among the pitfalls of trench warfare for the 20th Battalion

each topped with woven silver bullion wire bands

An Austrian Military Long Service Decoration - Officer

maker marked "BIRKS ELLIS" on the reverse

Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Ii Class Knight With Crown, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity 20 mm x 26 mm)(Hausorden Albrecht des Bren Ritterkreuz, II. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 18 November 1836 by Henry, Duke of Anhalt Kthen, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt Dessau, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt Bernburg. (1901 1918 issue). In silver, the obverse displaying a bricked, fortressed wall rising diagonally to the right with three battlements and gate, includes a right facing bear wearing a crown and collar climbing the fortress, surrounded by the