Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Auction Badge measures aprx

Badge measures aprx

Type III (1866-1955) (Ordre des Palmes Académiques): in Gold with red and violet enamels

An example of a gold grade “Verwundetenabzeichen”

with blue enamel flaking on the 6 o’clock arm

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Auction Badge measures aprx(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVERY AND