Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy. A Griffon Order, Knight’s Cross With Crown, C.1910 Archive the 5th Machine Gun Company

the 5th Machine Gun Company

with an additional inscription of “GESTIFTET VON DER ZENTRALLEITUNG FÜR WOHLTÄTIGKEIT IN WÜRTTEMBERG” (“INSTITUTED BY THE CENTRAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT IN WÜRTTEMBERG”)

a commemorative soldier medal

and a maker’s mark of “PR

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy. A Griffon Order, Knight’s Cross With Crown, C.1910 Archive the 5th Machine Gun Company(Greifen Orden, Ritterkreuz mit Krone). Issued 1904 1918. A Gold Maltese cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a raised central Gold medallion depicting a griffon, the reverse plain without enamels; on a swivel crown, measuring 15. 07 mm (w) x 22. 50 mm (h); weighing 1. 5 grams; in overall very fine condition.