Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Auction thanks to the superior fabrics

thanks to the superior fabrics employed

including a Prussian Red Cross 40-Year Honour Badge

218 mm x 296 mm)

measuring 29 cm (w) x 42

with light surface wear and oxidation evident

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Auction thanks to the superior fabrics(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a wreathed monogram of Duke Friedrich II, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 37. 26 mm (w) x 42. 24 mm (h), weighing 10.