Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Female Servants, C.1900 United Republic of 34 mm (w) x 32

34 mm (w) x 32

Apart from decorations for bravery or merit during foreign campaigns

catch marked “FR” and “Windhundkopf 3 A”

maker marked “VG” on reverse

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Female Servants, C.1900 United Republic of 34 mm (w) x 32(Ehrenauszeichnung fr Dienstboten 30 Jahre). Instituted 16 September 1886 by Duke Ernst I. (1895 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Shamrock Cross, the obverse with a central raised number 30, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE IN DER ARBEIT (FOR FAITHFUL LABOUR), the reverse with a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst I, unmarked, measuring 44. 30 mm (w) x 47. 85 mm