Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 Republic of east of Pretoria

east of Pretoria

maker marked on rim with GODET BERLIN

One portrait showing a uniform Reichswehr soldier wearing the Freikorps Epp sleeve insignia as a traditions badge

integral ring slightly bent

with an intact white wool buffer pad covering the seam

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Honour Cross, by H.Rose, c.1915 Republic of east of Pretoria(Greifen Orden, Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. (1884 1918 issue). In silver gilt with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms, with a central medallion bearing a raised Griffin, the reverse with five visible rivets securing the structure together, with a barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a round catch, unmarked, measuring 56. 3 mm (w) x 56. 9 mm (h),