Saxony, Kingdom. A 15-Year Long Service Medal In Silver Auction measuring 99 mm (w) x

measuring 99 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

six years after the mine's closure

when he would have been age 48

he was posted to the 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters on August 1

both prongs fully intact (one previously repaired/replaced)

Saxony, Kingdom. A 15-Year Long Service Medal In Silver Auction measuring 99 mm (w) x(Dienstauszeichnung fr 15 Jahre Silberne Medaille). Instituted 24 December 1831 by King Anton and Regent Friedrich August II. (1868 1874 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a wreathed combined monogram of King Anton and Regent Friedrich August II, the reverse with an inscription of FR LANGE U. GUTE DIENSTE (FOR LONG AND EXCELLENT SERVICE), within a border of stylized oak leaves, unmarked, measuring 28. 90 mm in diameter, weighing 11. 8