Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive Three Lancasters were lost on

Three Lancasters were lost on this Essen attack

with an embroidered Hudson's Bay Company manufacturer's label sewn upon it

with oxidation evident to the core

the the obverse with two raised male figures

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive Three Lancasters were lost on(Greifenorden, Kreuz der Komtur). Instituted 15 September 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms, the obverse with a central medallion bearing a raised Mecklenburg griffin, the twelve oclock arm with a pebbled suspension connecting to a ring with a suspension loop and period original full length neck ribbon,