German Awards - 1st Class Merit Cross Anhalt Land Warriors Association

The Union of Warriors of the Anhalt Land (since 1921) was founded in 1883 and established merit crosses in 3 stages. The special tier was a gilded and enameled neck cross with an inscription on the back and larger than the silver-plated 2nd class by about 1 mm. The 1st shown here. The class was a grate cross without a back inscription. 2nd grade was silver plated and worn on a ribbon. The 1st Class Anhalt Warrior Union Meritorious Service Cross was awarded for distinguished service to the Warrior Union. As a manufacturer, the court engraver Alexander Vollram from Dessau is known. The address of the metalwork factory was Wallstr. 13/14 in Dessau. The Anhalt Land Warriors Union, as a member of the Kiefhauser Union, had 164 clubs with 12,517 members.
Due to the size of the country, such crosses are very rare.

Gilded non-ferrous metal cross. Cruciform arms with a wide smooth gilded border. The inner sides are covered with white enamel. Between the cross sleeves protrude gilded rays (5 each). In the center is a large round central shield. At the back is a horizontal pin.

Front side:

• Central shield with a smooth gold border.
In
• a surrounded field: in the center there is a golden wall with teeth, along which an Angal bear walks.
• The golden bear goes from right to left. The background is enameled in red.
In the
• lower green enameled part there is a black cross (Iron Cross) and 2 ornaments.

Downside:

• Smooth and gilded with a vertical pin.

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