Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Cross For Distinction In War, Ii Class, With Combatant’s Ribbon Auction the obverse pebbled

the obverse pebbled

A First War Schwarzburg Dutchy Honour Cross Miniature Chain  - Austria: Military Merit Cross (silver and enamels

surmounted by a Tudor crown in silvered and gold-coloured bullion wire

1905 in Silberbach (modern day Stříbrná

Dillenburg and Frankfurt

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Cross For Distinction In War, Ii Class, With Combatant’s Ribbon Auction the obverse pebbled(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege, II. Klasse mit Kmpferband). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Crossed Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the reverse with a central medallion bearing an inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVE AND LOYAL) inside of a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 41. 86 mm (w) x