Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, C.1915 Auction Archive 1902 as a "Horseman"

1902 as a "Horseman"

a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate (148x211mm

slightly soiled from light period wear

25 mm x 181 mm

2) A NS-RKB 25-Year Membership badge by Steinhauer & Lück (marked “4” on the reverse)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, C.1915 Auction Archive 1902 as a "Horseman"(Greifen Orden, Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a central medallion bearing a raised Griffin, the reverse with five visible rivets securing the structure together, with a barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a round catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 12 mm (w) x