Anhalt, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Clasp, C.1900 Buy Now "WIKING" (4/5/1944)

"WIKING" (4/5/1944)

For his second tour of duty in the First World War service

with central obverse Prussian eagle bearing enameled German Empire flag flanked by dates “1914” and “1918” on left and right arms

with a vertical pinback and a barrel hinge and a round wire catch

1895 in the Koenigsberg region to a protestant family

Anhalt, Duchy. A 9-Year Long Service Clasp, C.1900 Buy Now "WIKING" (4/5/1944)(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.