Anhalt, Duchy. A Merit Order For Science And Art I Form, C.1900 Archive It is lightly used

It is lightly used

although the F-S knife is capable of being used to inflict slash cuts upon an opponent when its cutting edges are sharpened according to specification

The root of the blade forms the inner structure of the handle

with white embroidered letters "Ortsgruppe Noben" sewn upon a black felt backer

Anhalt, Duchy. A Merit Order For Science And Art I Form, C.1900 Archive It is lightly used(Verdienstorden fr Wissenschaft und Kunst, I. Modell). Instituted 30 July 1873 by Duke Friedrich I. (1873 1905 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of an oval sunray style badge with 24 points, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich I on a ribbed background, circumscribed by an inscription of HERZOG VON ANHALT (DUKE OF ANHALT), the reverse with an inscription of FUR WISSENSCHAFT UND KUNST (FOR SCIENCE AND ART), inside of a laurel