Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. An 1864 Medal For Assistance In The Altenburg Castle Fire GTRexclude 28 mm x 95 mm

28 mm x 95 mm

Police Long Service Cross 2nd Class

with the crown piped in poppy-red wool

with lugs on reverse

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. An 1864 Medal For Assistance In The Altenburg Castle Fire GTRexclude 28 mm x 95 mm(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Hilfeleistungen beim Schlobrand 1864). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Duke Ernst of Saxe Altenburg, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of IN DANKBARER ERINNERUNG AN DIE BEI DEN BRANDE UNSERES RESIDENZSCHLOSSES ZU ALTENBURG AM 24. AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE