Anhalt, Duchy. A House Order Of Albert The Bear, Grand Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Cap

Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Cap Badge (bronze

3 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive its laterally-pierced ball suspension

It advanced on the Caucasus with elements coming to within 20 miles of Astrakhan in 1942 (the post easterly point reached by any German unit during the war)

and measures approximately 244 mm (w) x 265 mm (l) x 170 mm (h)

Anhalt, Duchy. A House Order Of Albert The Bear, Grand Cross, C.1900 Newly Listed Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Cap01 (Hausorden Albrecht des Bren Grokreuz). Issued 1836 1918. The breast star in the shape of a eight pointed multi rayed star; the obverse with a slightly domed central silver medallion, with a black enameled crowned bear walking on top of a red enameled fortress wall, surrounded by a green enameled ring, inscribed Frchte Gott und Befolge seine Befehle (Fear God and Follow his Commands); the reverse plain with a vertical pinback and a functional hinge