Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Knight, C.1915 Newly Listed and with a fuller running

and with a fuller running approximately two-thirds of the length of each side of the blade

with a butterfly clip backplate

with minor oxidation and loss of gilt finish evident

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large size (12x17cm)

Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Knight, C.1915 Newly Listed and with a fuller running(Kurfrstlich Schsischer Militr St. Heinrichs Orden). Instituted 1736 by Prince Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony. Type III (1829 1918). In silver gilt, a Maltese cross with white enamelled borders, a green enamelled crown in each quadrant, the obverse with a central enamelled medallion depicting St. Henry wielding a tri pronged sceptre and an orb, surrounded by a blue enamelled ring, inscribed FRIDR AUG DG REX SAX INSTAURAVIT, the reverse with a