Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross for Non-Combatants Hold measuring 130 mm (w) x

measuring 130 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

The medal was to be presented to the officers and men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps who participated in engagements and battles that were deemed to be of sufficient importance to merit their commemoration

35 mm x 35

63 mm x 80 mm each

Anhalt, Duchy. A Friedrich Cross for Non-Combatants Hold measuring 130 mm (w) x(Friedrich Kreuz fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 12 December 1914 by Duke Friedrich II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Friedrich II, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR), unmarked, measuring 37. 3mm (w) x 42. 0 mm (h), in extremely