Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Commander’s Cross With Brilliance, By G.A. Scharffenberg Newly Listed The 23rd Training regiment was

The 23rd Training regiment was founded in 1940 in Kaufbeuren

granted Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson permission to raise two battalions of volunteer cavalry

he received a medical examination at Military District Command Berlin VII

Very impressive and attractive badge as worn by Romanian military academy instructors/officers during 1930's

centrepiece insignia slightly loose

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Commander’s Cross With Brilliance, By G.A. Scharffenberg Newly Listed The 23rd Training regiment was(Albrecht Orden, Kommandeurkreuz mit Brillanten). Instituted 31 December 1850 by King Friedrich Augustus II. (1876 1918 issue). An exquisiteAlbrecht Order Commanders Cross with Diamonds, constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Latin Cross with white enameled arms, obverse with a central raised gilt profile of Duke Albert III of Saxony, surrounded by 22 finely cut simulated diamonds, within a ring of blue enamel