Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose Buy Now Date of item: Period of

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a rare insignia in extremely fine condition

named to Stabsgefreiter Emilian Fleißner of Gebirgs-Nachrichten-Abteilung 140 (part of the newly-formed 9

a group of army officers invaded the palace

named to Langdorf as an Oberleutnant

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose Buy Now Date of item: Period of(Greifenorden Kreuz der Komture und Grokomtur mit Etui). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms demonstrating a rich hatching, the obverse overlaid by a central medallion bearing a raised Mecklenburg royal Griffin, situated within a circular ring, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan perforated with a