Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class United Republic of demonstrating minor oxidation to the

demonstrating minor oxidation to the core

Late on the afternoon of November 25th

the negatives pristine and without flaws

11 cm tall

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, I Class United Republic of demonstrating minor oxidation to the(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,