Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Commander’s Cross With Brilliance, By G.A. Scharffenberg Newly Listed granted Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson

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

with the exterior cover bearing an etched illustration circumscribed by author and title

four days after leaving Victoria

he received a medical examination at Military District Command Berlin VII

measuring 103 mm (w) x 158 mm (h)

Saxony, Kingdom. An Albrecht Order, Commander’s Cross With Brilliance, By G.A. Scharffenberg Newly Listed granted Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson(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