Anhalt, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Clasp, C.1900 Hold 48 mm x 72 mm

48 mm x 72 mm

Two-prong open-claw buckle in gilt feinzink with a pebbled upper on the right end

awarded on 8 February 1918

He started his service in 1902 as a regiment’s musician of the 5th Lorrainese Infantry Regiment 144

Anhalt, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Clasp, C.1900 Hold 48 mm x 72 mm(Dienstauszeichnung fr 9 Jahre Schnalle). Instituted 7 April 1870 by Duke Leopold IV. (1870 1914 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse with a central Anhalt coat of arms flanked by the monogram of Duke Leopold IV and a number 9 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), missing its horizontal pinback, in otherwise very fine condition.