early issue with good details and of fine quality make
in a 217 mm x 165 mm brass frame under glass
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain between late December 1943 and April 1944
with three of the panels having a ripped drawstring hole
gold centre missing blue enamels
Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Female Servants, C.1900 Buy Now early issue with good details(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