Saxony, Kingdom. A Non-Commissioned Officer’s Long Service Cross, I Class For 15 Years, C.1915 Auction Archive A shortened length of neck

A shortened length of neck ribbon for a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

One in bronze

with the aglets fully intact

"CHICAGO" at the right and dated in Roman numerals "MCMXXXIII" (1933) below

to help defend the Bay of Ambon and two airfields at Laha and Liang

Saxony, Kingdom. A Non-Commissioned Officer’s Long Service Cross, I Class For 15 Years, C.1915 Auction Archive A shortened length of neck(Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse fr Unteroffiziere). Instituted 6 September 1913 by King Friedrich August III. (1913 1918 issue). Constructed of copper, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central monogram of King Friedrich August III, the reverse with a central number 15 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 35. 56 mm (w) x 39. 58 mm (h), weighing 14. 0 grams, in near