Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 United Republic of with two on each breast

with two on each breast

accompanied by section of period sash

his original signature in blue ink across his breast

We were able to get together the next morning

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 United Republic of with two on each breast(Ehrenauszeichnung fr Dienstboten fr langjhrige treue Dienstleistung) Instituted 16 September 1886. Type I. A cross trefle constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears two intertwined letter Es, the reverse centre bears the number 30 and is circumscribed with FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the arms of the obverse and reverse have raised graduated edges, the centre of the arms have a strip of raised points, and the shamrock shaped ends