Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 Newly Listed A wartime ribbon with a

A wartime ribbon with a miniature of a Merit Cross “1849” IV

1921” and “IV

with maroon coloured glass arms

wear to enamels in the inscription ring and on the reverse arms

circumscribed by an inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) and laurel branches the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 Newly Listed A wartime ribbon with a(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central pebbled medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked,