Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg Auction Archive measuring 95 mm in diameter

measuring 95 mm in diameter

but their advance was soon checked by intense and accurate German artillery fire

maker marked "Ш

both prongs on the reverse fully intact

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Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg Auction Archive measuring 95 mm in diameter(Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 1899 1918 Issue. A silver gilt Latin cross with white enameled arms, with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion depicting a leftward facing bust of Herzog Albrecht, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed Albertus Animous (Latin Albert the Merciful), along with arabesques toward the bottom of the enameled ring; the reverse