Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Hold in blackened steel (magnetic)

in blackened steel (magnetic)

VII - The trial of the thousand rifles and adoption of the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield

(awarded to members of the 101st Airborne for the defense of Bastogne)

measuring 14 cm x 10

Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Hold in blackened steel (magnetic)(Medaille des Militr St. Heinrichs Ordens in Silber). Instituted 23 December 1829 by King Anton. (1848 1918 issue). Official War time issue (with initials at the bottom of Kings neck). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of King Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DAS