Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Auction Archive telephone operators

telephone operators

edge nicks and contact marks

3 mm x 135 mm

Scarce in tombac

104 mm x 164 mm

Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Auction Archive telephone operators(Medaille des Militr St. Heinrichs Ordens in Silber). Instituted 23 December 1829 by King Anton. (1848 1918 issue). Official War time issue (with initials at the bottom of Kings neck). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of King Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DAS