with three of the panels having a ripped drawstring hole
gold centre missing blue enamels
a hand at the top left with the index and middle fingers extended
a lightly worn example in overall very fine condition
in a 217 mm x 165 mm brass frame under glass
Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A 30-Year Long Service Cross For Female Servants, C.1900 Buy Now with three of the panels(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