Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now weighing 16

weighing 16

wool/rayon blend featuring fold down side and back panels with gently sloping

originally published in 1911 and reprinted 1914

the obverse pebbled with a slightly pebbled central field

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now weighing 16(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1914 1918 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 raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU