Saxony, Kingdom. A Cased Labour Honour Award, Type V, c. 1910 Auction 65 mm (w) x 63

65 mm (w) x 63

It features a 780 mm-long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a fuller running the length of each side

It closes with five aluminum buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

enabling the rapid capture of frontier forts and the capital Mandalay

Saxony, Kingdom. A Cased Labour Honour Award, Type V, c. 1910 Auction 65 mm (w) x 63(Ehrenzeichen fr Arbeiter und Dienstboten). Instituted August 10th, 1865. (Type V: 1905 1918 issue). A circular silver medal, the obverse with a central rightward facing bust of King Frederick of Saxony, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed Fr Treue in der Arbeit (For Loyalty at Work) in German capitalized lettering within a thick oak wreath, on a horizontally pierced ball and swivel ring for suspension from its period original