Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 visually-hidden measuring 73 mm x 95

measuring 73 mm x 95 mm

spotting evident in the white enamels on both sides

hallmarked with a stork flanked by the number "1" at the far left and marked with an "H" (Hungary) on the reverse

one with a single push pin

a good rifle to provide then with food and furs

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 visually-hidden measuring 73 mm x 95(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 January 1915 by Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI. (1915 1923 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, bearing a central pebbled medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of FR TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked,