Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Silver Merit Medal, C.1917 Auction Thorpe described the Suez Crisis

Thorpe described the Suez Crisis as "a truly tragic end to his premiership

horizontal banjo-style pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch

Very good quality make

Commemorative Medal for 1 October 1938 -  Bronze gilt

Anhalt, Duchy. An Order Of Albert The Bear, Silver Merit Medal, C.1917 Auction Thorpe described the Suez Crisis(Silberne Verdienstmedaille Albrecht des Bren). Instituted 18 November 1836. (1836 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central crowned bearing on top of a fortress wall, circumscribed by an inscription of FUERCHTE GOTT UND BEFOLGE SEINE BEFEHLE (FEAR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS), the reverse with a central Anhalt coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of ALBRECHT DER