Saxony, Kingdom. A 15-Year Long Service Medal, Silver Grade, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 65 mm

5 mm x 65 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

2) A Friedrich August Cross Second Class (Friedrich-August Kreuz 2

accompanied by a bronze medal

Neilson contracted some sort of illness but his records do not indicate its nature

Saxony, Kingdom. A 15-Year Long Service Medal, Silver Grade, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 65 mm(Dienstauszeichnung fr 15 Jahre in Silber). Instituted 24 December 1831 by King Anton and Regent Friedrich August II. (1868 1874 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with central wreathed integrated monograms of King Anton and Regent Friedrich August II, the reverse with an inscription of FR LANGE U. TREUE DIENSTE (FOR LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE), within a stylized oak leaf wreath, unmarked,