Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 United Republic of measuring 29 mm x 35

measuring 29 mm x 35 mm

Bronze Version (C

His first son

with a cockade in the centre

arrived in New York on June 23

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Houseorder Of The Wendish Crown, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 United Republic of measuring 29 mm x 35(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;