Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Auction Archive faded stamp on the white

faded stamp on the white paper backer

50 mm x 32 mm

along with paint loss and scuff marks

with approximately 90% of its original finish remaining

Unique badge

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class Auction Archive faded stamp on the white(Kreuz fr Auszeichnungen im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of a silvered alloy, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY) on a pebbled field, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, unmarked,