German Awards - Gendarmerie Award for 12 Years

The 2nd class of awards for service in the gendarmerie, the Ducal Jaeger Brigade, after the introduction of awards for military service on the Prussian model, was awarded to gendarmerie officers even before 1913. In terms of design, they are equal to the service awards of 1848. The award was established on February 1, 1848 by Duke Leopold Friedrich for military personnel from sergeant major to 2nd grade. However, after 1870, the size was adjusted for military service awards. This means that service awards given to a jäger unit since 1870 are of a wider size than those of 1848. It was awarded to Ober-Wachtenmasters, Wachtenmasters, sled hunters and foot hunters of the Ducal Jaeger Brigade or Gendarmerie. The exact number of awards cannot be named. Court and state manuals list 1883 80 Service Award Cavaliers 2, 1894 64 Cavaliers and 1912 26 Cavaliers. Since the transition from the old to the new, larger form was quite smooth. However, service awards are very rare, suggesting an extremely low overall award. Source: Gerd Scharfenberg, Order and Badge of Honor of the Anhalt States, 1999.

The buckle is rectangular in silver. They are applied to a sheet associated with the ribbon. On the back is a horizontal pin.

Front side:

• The buckle has a raised stepped edge.
• The enclosed field is finely combed. On it are elevated:
• On the left, the ornamented letter - L. - is in fractional font.
• On the right, the Roman number 12-XII -
In the
• center is a double figured anchaltic coat of arms with a 5-arched lined ducal crown above it.

Downside:

• Suture is applied on tape from behind.
In
• a horizontal position - a pin with a hook.

Photo: Private collection of Maximilian Ferdinand Leopold Prince of Anhalt