Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Merit Medal, Prototype Hold being issued his ERII Memorial

being issued his ERII Memorial Cross

Footnote: Alpine Battalion "Uork Amba" was a department of the Royal Army

Footnote: John Thorarinson was born on February 4

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Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Merit Medal, Prototype Hold being issued his ERII Memorial(Verdienstmedaille Albrecht des Bren, Verdienstmedaille Prototyp). Instituted 18 November 1836 by by Heinrich, Duke of Anhalt Kthen, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt Dessau, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt Bernburg. Constructed of bronze, the obverse depicting a central crowned bear on top of a fortress wall, circumscribed by an inscription of FUERCHTE GOTT UND BEFOLGE SEINE BEFEHLE (FEAR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS), the reverse with a central crown