Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A Cross For Distinction In War, Second Class Archive black reinforced cloth backer

black reinforced cloth backer

Constrcted of gilded bronze

Three clasps: PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98

Beiyang Army

in silvered vaulted zink

Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A Cross For Distinction In War, Second Class Archive black reinforced cloth backer(Kreuz fr Verdienst im Kriege, II Klasse). Issued 1916 1924. A Maltese cross constructed of silvered bronze; the obverse with a circular central medallion depicting the crowned royal cipher of Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI within a laurel wreath that is tied together at the base via a ribbon; the reverse with a circular central medallion inscribed TAPFER UND TREU (German BRAVE AND LOYAL), also within a wreath as the obverse; on a double loop for