Anhalt, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class Bar Auction 1917-18 Austrian General Flying Badge

1917-18 Austrian General Flying Badge - in gilded metal and enamels

flanked by a date of “1943”

The award of a common allied service medal was recommended by an inter-allied committee in March 1919

the straps with very light wear on the uppers and without wear in the black corduroy on the backers

Anhalt, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class Bar Auction 1917-18 Austrian General Flying Badge(Dienstauszeichnungen). Instituted on 6 April 1870 by Duke Leopold IV. (1870 1914 Issue). A silver, rectangular clasp, with raised edges, the obverse presents a finely grained texture, bearing a crowned coat of arms of Anhalt, on the left is the letter L for Leopold and on the right the Roman numeral XV (15), over a green ribbon sewn, on a horizontal pinback, measuring 43 mm (w) x 24 mm (h), and in very fine condition.