Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 Auction suffering a gun shot wound

suffering a gun shot wound to his chest

blade nickel plated (good very fine condition)

On August 13

First badge with a two-piece construction

he was ambushed as he was taken to Budapest

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 Auction suffering a gun shot wound(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