Anhalt, Duchy. A Medal For 50 Years Of Faithful Service, C.1900 Auction The rim of the helmet

The rim of the helmet is lined with tan-coloured leather which gives way to a forest green cotton twill interior liner

face plate maker marked "CARL BAMBERG FRIEDENAU" and numbered "No 4900"

Stanstead County

1914 and awarded for service in the war between Greece and Bulgaria in 1913

highlighted with silvered sequins

Anhalt, Duchy. A Medal For 50 Years Of Faithful Service, C.1900 Auction The rim of the helmet(Denkzeichen fr 50 Jahre Diensttreue). Instituted 12 May 1864 by Duke Leopold IV. (1864 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central monogram of Leopold IV, topped by a royal crown, within a laurel wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR FUNZIGJHRIGE DIENSTTREU (FOR FIFTY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 32. 29 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 8 grams (inclusive