Saxony, Kingdom. A Civil Merit Order, Ii Class Knight, C.1910 Newly Listed The thick blackened leather washer

The thick blackened leather washer at the cross-guard is intact and sits tightly in its place

Condition: good

23rd Battery

dated "MAR" with the remaining inscription and parts of the aforementioned inscriptions having worn off through active use

Captain Gibbons' fight to obtain reinstatement to active duty was aided by former President Theodore Roosevelt

Saxony, Kingdom. A Civil Merit Order, Ii Class Knight, C.1910 Newly Listed The thick blackened leather washer(Zivil Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). Instituted on 7 June 1815 by King Friedrich Augustus 1. Second Model. (Issued 1891 1918). A white enameled Maltese cross with narrow gold edging, in silver, centre obverse presenting a separately applied gilt crowned Saxon coat of arms in coloured enamel, circled with gilt, surrounded by the inscription FRIED. AUG. K. V. SACHSEN D. 7. JUN. 1815 (FRIEDRICH AUGUST KING OF SAXONY, 7 JUNE 1815) over white