Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Officer’s Cross With Case, By G.a. Scharffenberg, C.1910 Hold The centre of the cap

The centre of the cap band features a reinforced black metal eyelet

KRIEGS" above the insignia and printed 6+4 Reichspfennig stamp

set within a period original wooden frame retaining a glass face and with gilded floral designs throughout

Botham was transferred to the Second Class Cruiser H

423 and is commemorated on page 133 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, Officer’s Cross With Case, By G.a. Scharffenberg, C.1910 Hold The centre of the cap(Albrechtsorden, Offizierskreuz mit Etui). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by an exquisite green enameled oak leaf wreath, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded rightward facing profile of Duke Albert III, within a ring of blue