Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Honour Cross, by Heinrich Rose Archive his Royal Air Force Air

his Royal Air Force Air Ministry Identification Card for Mechanical Transport Drivers (dated July 8

some age-appropriate bubbling evident

hand embroidered national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika in its talons with accent threads for detail

the centerpiece presents the American Seal on a red enamel field surrounded by the inscription VICERUNT VT VIVAMUS

marked "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Honour Cross, by Heinrich Rose Archive his Royal Air Force Air(Greifenorden Ehrenkreuz). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms displaying pronounced hatching, overlaid by a central pebbled and gilt medallion bearing a raised Griffin, in turn situated within a gilded circular ring, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting