Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate

featuring a white enamel cross with a Goldfive point star in the centre

It exhibits light soiling along with discolouration on the cover

8 cm (more commonly referred to as the acht-achter

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with a central(Friedrich Kreuz). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a wreathed monogram of Duke Friedrich II, topped by a crown and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 37. 26 mm (w) x 42. 24 mm (h), weighing 10.