Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 visually-hidden spotting evident in the white

spotting evident in the white enamels on both sides

Lazarus (silver gilt with white and green enamels

When he was nine years old

measuring 73 mm x 95 mm

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A War Service Cross I Class, c. 1915 visually-hidden spotting evident in the white(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,