Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Hold KIA on the Somme -

KIA on the Somme - British War Medal (302653 GNR

6 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard

gallantry decorations

original ribbon with broach on reverse

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross Hold KIA on the Somme -(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a wreathed monogram of Duke Friedrich II, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 37. 26 mm (w) x 42. 24 mm (h), weighing 10.