Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 Hold 95 mm x 142 mm)

95 mm x 142 mm)

with nearly all of its original finish worn off

the two ends of the sweatband meeting together at the rear and finished with a beige bow-tied ribbon

as he was not eligible for the 1914-15 Star and the Victory Medal

Signed by Court Marshal Georg von Kanitz (1842–1922)

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 Hold 95 mm x 142 mm)(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone Ritterkreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A Gold Maltese cross with white enameled arms, with silver gilt griffons between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a central blue enameled medallion bearing the Wendish Crown, surrounded by a red ring of enamels, inscribed AVITO VIRET HONORE (Latin It blooms in Honour); the reverse with a large central blue enameled medallion bearing the Royal Monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm in gold;