Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now with MI Cypher on reverse

with MI Cypher on reverse

Footnote: This aiguillette came from the personal collection of John R

capturing Smolensk during the summer of 1941

constructed of a heavy red wool base and centering a white rayon circular field

A grouping of three third reich period insignia

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Buy Now with MI Cypher on reverse(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU