Saxony, Kingdom. An Officer’s 25-Year Long Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed exhibiting scattered paint loss and

exhibiting scattered paint loss and contact marks on the exterior

The interior of the cap has a 25-mm wide sweatband constructed of buckram with a finish of black lacquer

the 88th Regiment Victoria Fusiliers

with a pair punched through theupper just to the left of where the tab is stitched to the body of the belt

Saxony, Kingdom. An Officer’s 25-Year Long Service Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed exhibiting scattered paint loss and(Dienstauszeichnung 25 Jahre fr Offiziere). Instituted 23 April 1874 by King Albert. (1874 1918). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of King Albert, the reverse with a number 25 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 38. 92 mm (w) x 42. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams, in near extremely fine condition.