Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed exterior with a full-length zipper

exterior with a full-length zipper closure on the front

1896 in Zawieski-Bor

Gibbons was designated "Territorials" when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (106245) with the 1st Regiment

clearly visible on the reverse is a signature-style maker’s mark reading “Bury & Leonhard

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Ii Class Knight’s Cross With Swords Newly Listed exterior with a full-length zipper(Albrechtsorden, Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with white enameled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion, overlaid by a gilded and rightward facing profile of Duke Albert III, set within a blue enameled ring bearing