Anhalt, Duchy. An Order of Albert the Bear, Commander, c. 1916 Buy Now the Order of Maritime Merit

the Order of Maritime Merit

the obverse finished with a decorative dimpled base

The throat of the scabbard is held together by two visible rivets

Gilded brass fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat

each topped by silvered aluminum wire tresses and adjusted with functional zink buckles

Anhalt, Duchy. An Order of Albert the Bear, Commander, c. 1916 Buy Now the Order of Maritime Merit(Hausorden Albrecht des Bren). Instituted 18 November 1836 by Duke Heinrich of Anhalt Kthen, Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt Dessau, and Duke Alexander of Anhalt Bernburg. (1836 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a double sided depiction of a crowned bear atop a castle wall with a gate, the obverse circumscribed by an inscription of FUERCHT GOTT UND BEFOLGE SEINE BEFEHLE (FEAR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS), topped by the coat of arms