Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross Star, By Heinrich Rose, C.1910 Newly Listed wear evident on black felt

wear evident on black felt backer of the Cap Badge

brass with enamels

The obverse blade is acid-engraved "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (“In Memory of My Service Period”) inside a banner flanked on both sides by oak leaf branches and Wehrmacht- (Armed Forces) style German national eagles clutching mobile swastikas

and a marker mark by Scully

center in gold and enamels

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Grand Cross Star, By Heinrich Rose, C.1910 Newly Listed wear evident on black felt(Greifen Orden, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse with a central raised gilt medallion bearing a finely detailed gilt Griffin, surrounded by a ribbed silver ring, within a ring of red enamel bearing a raised gilt inscription of ALTIOR ADVERSIS (AGAINST ALL ODDS) and laurel leaf branches,