Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Auction Archive measuring 130 mm in diameter

measuring 130 mm in diameter in the housing (148

with small ball finials

and pinned Kriegsmarine Specialist Trade Ciphers to the exterior of the belt

dark leather band trim surrounding edge of helmet

marked 20 under the pin

Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Auction Archive measuring 130 mm in diameter(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone, Grokreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A large Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and lions between each of the arms of the cross; the the obverse with a central medallion of blue enamels, with a raised silver gilt Wendish crown, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin Through Struggle to the Light) in silver gilt capital letters; the reverse with a central