Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg Auction Archive 83 mm x 31

83 mm x 31

rim bump on edge at 3 o’clock

but their advance was soon checked by intense and accurate German artillery fire

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

both prongs on the reverse fully intact

Saxony. An Albrecht Order, Knight’s Cross, Second Class, With Swords, By G.a. Schaffenberg Auction Archive 83 mm x 31(Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 1899 1918 Issue. A silver gilt Latin cross with white enameled arms, with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion depicting a leftward facing bust of Herzog Albrecht, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed Albertus Animous (Latin Albert the Merciful), along with arabesques toward the bottom of the enameled ring; the reverse