Medal for merit, devotion and loyalty
The medal for merit, devotion and loyalty was donated in gold and silver by Duke Heinrich von Anhalt-Köthen in 1835 .
Court and state servants could be awarded the award for outstanding services and longstanding service. The gold medal was reserved exclusively for high-ranking civil servants.
The front of the medal shows the initial H (Heinrich) surrounded by an oak wreath and surmounted by a ducal crown. The crowned coat of arms of Anhalt can be seen on the back. All around the inscription FOR MERIT, RELIABILITY AND LOYALTY .
The medal was worn on a white ribbon with green side stripes on the left breast or in the buttonhole.
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).