Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander’s Star certificate_of_authenticity the underside of the collar

the underside of the collar incorporating a pistachio green rayon lining

with the tip of the pennant lightly frayed

He served as part of the 11th Ulans Regiment on the Eastern Front where cavalry was still useful

It is much scarcer then the Order itself

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order Of The Griffin, Commander’s Star certificate_of_authenticity the underside of the collar(Greifenorden Bruststern zum Komturkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst with shortened diagonal rays, bearing a central raised and gilded griffin, set within a circular red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of ALTIOR ADVERSIS (AGAINST ALL ODDS) joined together at the