Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Civil Division Knight’s Cross Miniature In Gold Hold Army Long Service Decorations

Army Long Service Decorations

the Germans of Schleswig-Holstein staged an armed uprising with the aim of establishing an independent state

twelve are maker marked

” measures 37 mm in diameter and in fine condition

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Civil Division Knight’s Cross Miniature In Gold Hold Army Long Service Decorations(Greifenorden, Ritterkreuz Miniatur in Gold). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms and a central raised Griffin, the twelve oclock arm with a fan suspension, unmarked, measuring 15. 00 mm (w) x 15. 65 mm (h), weighing 1. 3 grams, in