Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 GTRexclude replacement ring and loop

replacement ring and loop

bronze star on its original ribbon with brooch pinback

with unusual replacement wreath suspension in place of the star and crescent

it was noted that his elbow was fixed at a 90 degree angle

A week after receiving his injuries at Arras

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 GTRexclude replacement ring and loop(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone Ritterkreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A Gold Maltese cross with white enameled arms, with silver gilt griffons between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion bearing the Wendish Crown, surrounded by a red ring of enamels, inscribed AVITO VIRET HONORE (Latin It blooms in Honour); the reverse with a large central blue enameled medallion bearing the Royal Monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm in gold;