Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords And Case, By G.a. Scharffenberg, C.1890 Auction including a Bronze Grade decoration

including a Bronze Grade decoration

(Screws appear to have been tightened at some point) The chape displays modest dents and contact marks on the obverse

resigned from the IOC on May 9

“DRGM” marked standing for Deutsches Reiches Gebrauchs Musterschutz (protected patented design under the Reich Government)

some soiling and material fatigue is evident

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords And Case, By G.a. Scharffenberg, C.1890 Auction including a Bronze Grade decoration(Albrechtsorden, Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II. (1876 1905 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with white enameled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallin overlaid by a gilded rightward facing profile of Duke Albert III, within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt