Anhalt, Duchy. An Order of Albert the Bear, Commander, c. 1916 Buy Now 23 mm (w) x 47

23 mm (w) x 47

the Order of Maritime Merit

A Rupert cross paty constructed of bronze and white enamel

57 mm (w) x 16

The throat of the scabbard is held together by two visible rivets

Anhalt, Duchy. An Order of Albert the Bear, Commander, c. 1916 Buy Now 23 mm (w) x 47(Hausorden Albrecht des Bren). Instituted 18 November 1836 by Duke Heinrich of Anhalt Kthen, Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt Dessau, and Duke Alexander of Anhalt Bernburg. (1836 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a double sided depiction of a crowned bear atop a castle wall with a gate, the obverse circumscribed by an inscription of FUERCHT GOTT UND BEFOLGE SEINE BEFEHLE (FEAR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS), topped by the coat of arms