Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Henry, Knight (Collectors Copy) Auction Archive A First War 2nd Mounted

A First War 2nd Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge - Browning copper

A rare and desirable silver gilt oblong badge with a blue and green enamelled cloud suspension

with three silver bars (one indicative of 12 months service

"(Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster)

stitched in place just inside the opening on the right side at the bottom

Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Henry, Knight (Collectors Copy) Auction Archive A First War 2nd Mounted(Kurfrstlich Schsischer Militr St. Heinrichs Orden). Instituted on 7 October 1736. Post 1945 Copy. A gilded silver Maltese cross with white enamelled edges, between the arms of the cross are green enamelled rue florets, the obverse centre displays a yellow enamelled medallion bearing a painted portrait of St. Henry, the last Saxon Holy Roman Emperor, circumscribed by a ring of blue enamel bearing the inscription FRIDR. AUG. D. G. REX. SAX.