Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration for Foreigners Auction Footnote: F-548052 Staff Sergeant R

Footnote: F-548052 Staff Sergeant R

The cap band is trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with silver aluminum wire piping

oxidation and contact marks to obverse

The Afghan guns gradually came into action and a three hour artillery duel ensured at an opeing range of about 1700 yards

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy. A General Honour Decoration for Foreigners Auction Footnote: F-548052 Staff Sergeant R(Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen fr Auslnder). Instituted 25 June 1902 by Grand Duke WIlhelm Ernst. (1902 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe Weimar Eisenach, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, the edge stamped with a mark of SILBER and content