Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Ii Class Knight, By G.a.scharffenberg, C.1880 Hold lists of rules

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Awarded to Lord Strathcona’s Horse - Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902

likely maker Scheid

marked with the Bulgarian coat-of-arms and inscribed in cyrillic "ОРДЕНЪ СВ

II (BTY SM) W

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Ii Class Knight, By G.a.scharffenberg, C.1880 Hold lists of rules1876 1918 Issue. (Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). A beautiful Latin cross in silver with white enameled arms; the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Herzog Albrecht in Gold, surrounded by a blue enameled ring inscribed Albertus Animous (Latin Albert the Merciful), along with arabesques towards the bottom of the enameled ring all in gold; the reverse with a crowned royal coat of arms in gold,