Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Auction 218 mm x 296 mm)

218 mm x 296 mm)

Footnote: These rubber boots were privately purchased by officers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

the memorial walkway to the cenotaphs on the Spicheren heights is named after François

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marked with a cornucopia and marked "BRONZE" (indicating it was struck at the French Mint after 1880) on the edge

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Auction 218 mm x 296 mm)(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a wreathed monogram of Duke Friedrich II, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 37. 26 mm (w) x 42. 24 mm (h), weighing 10.