Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold was commissioned as a 2nd

was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on February 6

the outstanding professional skill

13mm (w) x 8

the front designed with two large and deep pockets at the waist

(SS-Untersturmführer Schulterklappen)

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross, Ii Class Hold was commissioned as a 2nd(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV. (1915 1923 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 wreathed monogram of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich IV, the six oclock arm bearing a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TAPFER UND TREU (BRAVERY AND