A symbol of fifty years of service
The memorial for fifty years of loyalty to the service was donated by Duke Leopold IV. Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau on May 12, 1864 and was awarded as a reward to all ducal officials and servants after 50 years of loyal service without reproach. The award replaced the medal awarded by Anhalt-Bernburg for 50 years of service until 1863, as the Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, which existed until then, was merged with the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau due to the extinction of the ruling family. It was awarded until the end of the Duchy of Anhalt in 1918.
The silver medal shows the intertwined initials LF (Leopold Friedrich), which are surmounted by a ducal crown and surrounded by a laurel wreath . On the reverse the inscription "For fifty years of service", below a long horizontal line and two oak branches at the bottom at the edge . An eyelet with a band ring was soldered to the top.
The medal was worn on a dark green ribbon with white side stripes on the left chest.
literature
- Gerd Scharfenberg: The medals and decorations of the Anhalt states. 1811-1935 . PHV Phaleristischer Verlag Autengruber, Offenbach 1999, ISBN 3-932543-56-4 , ( Phalerist Monographs 3).