Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross, C.1917 Newly Listed he had his next-of-kin changed

he had his next-of-kin changed from his mother to his wife

to her father Karl Schwartzer

Every man in this outfit would go straight through Hell if Griffiths gave the order to march

A grouping of a 1915-1918 issue Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz)

also 3rd Battalion Armband with 2 verterans service pins

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross, C.1917 Newly Listed he had his next-of-kin changed(Greifen Orden, Grokreuz). Instituted on 15. 9. 1884 by Grand Ducke Friedrich Franz III. (Issued 1884 1918). The sash bade consisting of silver gilt in the shape of a Maltese cross with red enameled arms on the obverse and reverse, the obverse with a central pebbled gilt medallion bearing a rampant Griffon in silver gilt, on a double loop for suspension from its period original and full length sash ribbon, measuring 68. 45 mm (w) x 67. 06 mm (h),