Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, I Class Knight’s Cross with Swords, by Alfred Rösner Auction an a SS 8-Year Long

an a SS 8-Year Long Service Medal

with two crossed muzzle-loading cannon barrels superimposed on the anchor

Cut Out Version -  in die stamped silvered metal

The outer edge of each is pinned with three five-pointed stars

Footnote: Reginald Stanley Franklin was born July 1890 in London

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albert Order, I Class Knight’s Cross with Swords, by Alfred Rösner Auction an a SS 8-Year Long(Albrechtsorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwerter). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich August II. (1899 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular green enameled oak leaf wreath, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Albert III, situated