German Awards - Service Award 2. Class for 12 years
These service awards were established jointly for 3 duchies: Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Altenburg and Saxony Coburg and Gotha. Service awards in the form of twine, awarded until then, were replaced by a new uniform in the form of a medal and 1st class in the form of a cross. The old division of years of service into 21 years for 1st class, 15 years for 2nd class and 9 years of service for 3rd class was changed according to the Prussian model to 15, 12 and 9 years of service. Service awards were given to non-commissioned officers and soldiers (enlisted men) at the end and without reprimanding years of service. The contingent of duchies included the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 (Saxe-Meiningen and Saxony Coburg and Gotha) and the 8th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 153 (Saxe-Altenburg). Gendarmerie officers also had the right to admission, in Saxe-Meiningen - courier corps, and in Saxony - Coburg and Gotha - palace guards and employees of tax and correctional institutions. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, vol. III, 1999.
Round medal in copper bronze with a border. Above is a soldered ordinary eye with a ribbon ring.
Front side:
In the - center is an oval Saxon coat of arms, sitting on top of a large crown.
In - the upper part, an ancient inscription is curved - Fidelity - Services -.
At the - bottom, the old font is curved - on - which is the flag -.
Downside:
In the - center is a large Roman number 12-XII. Perpendicular lines are cross-hatched.
Tape:
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Front: Service Award 2. Class for 12 years
Downside: Service Award 2. Class for 12 years
Established:
July 26, 1913 Saxe-Meiningen Duke Bernhard III.
August 31, 1913 Saxe-Altenburg Duke Ernst II.
November 7, 1913 Saxony Coburg and Gotha Duke Karl Edward
Data:
- Material: copper bronze
- Size: 30mm
- Weight: 15.2g
estimated collector price:
120 – 140 €
Awards of World War II