Anhalt, Duchy. A Merit Order For Science And Art I Form, C.1900 Archive with white embroidered letters "Ortsgruppe

with white embroidered letters "Ortsgruppe Noben" sewn upon a black felt backer

respecting his oath when sworn in before the Romanian Parliament in 1914: "I will reign as a good Romanian"

000 one day

at the Cosmos Club in Washington

an American Eagle surmounting a Shield Badge

Anhalt, Duchy. A Merit Order For Science And Art I Form, C.1900 Archive with white embroidered letters "Ortsgruppe(Verdienstorden fr Wissenschaft und Kunst, I. Modell). Instituted 30 July 1873 by Duke Friedrich I. (1873 1905 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of an oval sunray style badge with 24 points, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich I on a ribbed background, circumscribed by an inscription of HERZOG VON ANHALT (DUKE OF ANHALT), the reverse with an inscription of FUR WISSENSCHAFT UND KUNST (FOR SCIENCE AND ART), inside of a laurel