Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Newly Listed mounted on a full length

mounted on a full length of good quality old original sash

crazing and chipping evident in the white enamels

On either side at the waist are brass loops for the placement of a belt

also fathering a daughter

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Newly Listed mounted on a full length(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted on 12 December 1914. A cross patte in a bronzed war alloy cross, the obverse inscribed with the cipher of Friedrich, with an oak wreath between the arms of the cross, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit in War), on a loop for suspension, measuring 37. 24 mm (w) x 37. 17 mm (h), and in overall extremely fine condition.