Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Hold In addition to the absent

In addition to the absent shoulder boards

(awarded to members of the 101st Airborne for the defense of Bastogne)

both loops intact

in blackened steel (magnetic)

It was with the 2nd Company of the Landesschützen Battalion 828 (2

Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Silver Medal, C.1915 Hold In addition to the absent(Medaille des Militr St. Heinrichs Ordens in Silber). Instituted 23 December 1829 by King Anton. (1848 1918 issue). Official War time issue (with initials at the bottom of Kings neck). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of King Friedrich August, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DAS