Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 United Republic of accompanied by section of period

accompanied by section of period sash

with two on each breast

his original signature in blue ink across his breast

his membership number was 881

established in the wake of the Second Opium War

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Long Service Decoration For Domestic Service, C.1900 United Republic of accompanied by section of period(Ehrenauszeichnung fr Dienstboten fr langjhrige treue Dienstleistung) Instituted 16 September 1886. Type I. A cross trefle constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears two intertwined letter Es, the reverse centre bears the number 30 and is circumscribed with FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the arms of the obverse and reverse have raised graduated edges, the centre of the arms have a strip of raised points, and the shamrock shaped ends