Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity all on a white metal

all on a white metal base

bruising on the QSA

membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank who formed a single class known as White Knights

pommel and crossguard with excellent details retaining nearly 100% original finish

inscribed on the four protruding arms ""5th NATIONAL / ENCAMPMENT / UNITED SPANISH / WAR VETERANS""

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity all on a white metal(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI, within a laurel wreath, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the reverse with a central raised inscription of TAPFER UND