Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive chipping evident in the green

chipping evident in the green enamels on the War Decoration ribbon

Army of Occupation of Germany Medal two ribbon bars

In die stamped gilded tombac

brass hardware with S-shaped snake catch on the right side loop and receiving ring on the left side loop

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander Cross, C.1916 Auction Archive chipping evident in the green(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,